Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi

Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi uses photography, videography and writing to explore the human condition across various political and cultural contexts. Based out of Brooklyn, USA, Diana works internationally in areas experiencing conflict, social unrest or humanitarian emergencies. Her photography has been published and showcased by media outlets like the New York Times newspaper and Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, The Sunday Times Magazine, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde, CNN, National Geographic Traveler, Vice Magazine, Geo Germany, Newsweek, Toronto Star and Paris Match, and international organizations such as UNICEF, Doctors without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières, Save the Children, Human Rights Watch and International Committee of the Red Cross. (For a complete list of clients, see below.) In 2014, she was named one of Lens Culture's Top 50 Emerging Talents for 2014. In 2015, she received the ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'Or Award for her coverage of the Minova Rape Trial, eastern Congo's most significant mass rape trial to date. In 2018, she was named one of PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch For. 

Diana's interests reflect her multicultural background and upbringing: born in rural Romania to a Romanian mother and Iraqi father, Diana witnessed her family experience political circumstances that landed them as refugees in the former Yugoslavia, after which they were resettled to Canada.  These early experiences led her to pursue careers in humanitarian aid and in human rights.  For several years, she held management and research positions with organizations such as UN Development Programme, Save the Children and Oxfam, working on the ground in areas affected by conflict or natural disasters.  In mid-2013, she decided to focus her professional efforts on photography.   

Diana holds two BA degrees - one in Economics and one in Neuroscience - from The Johns Hopkins University, and has completed all but her thesis for a MA degree in International Development from American University, School of International Service. 

She speaks English, Romanian, Spanish and French.

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EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming: 

Past: 

#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis. International Center for Photography. New York, NY, USA. Oct 1 – Jan 3, 2021

Dante’s Refugees. Worldwide. 2019.

Face à la Guerre, Face aux Victimes: 9 photojournalistes lauréats du Visa d'or humanitaire du CICR. Galerie Fait & Cause. 58 rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris, France. Nov 13 - Dec 21 2019.

Rétrospective Visa d’Or Humanitaire du CICR. Géopolis, Centre du Photojournalisme. Brussels, Belgium. Oct 26 - Nov 18 2017.

Instagram exhibit. Photoville. Brooklyn, NY, USA. Sep 2017.

Rape in Conflict. United Nations Headquarters Visitors' Lobby. New York, NY, USA. Jan 26 - Mar 6 2017.

In Prima Linea, donne fotoreporter in luoghi di guerra. Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy. Oct 7 - Nov 13 2016.

VICE Magazine 2016 Photo Show. Industrial Superstudios, 39 S. 5th St, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Sep 23-24, 2016.

The Minova Trial. United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA. June 20 - July 1, 2016. 

Viol: Le Procès de Minova (solo exhibition). Sciences Po Collège Universitaire Méditerranée, Menton, France. Jan 18 - Feb, 2016.

Viol: Le Procès de Minova (solo exhibition). Gallerie Causette, Paris, France. Nov 3 - Dec 5, 2015.

The Minova Trials (solo exhibition). 27th International Festival of Photojournalism "Visa Pour L'Image," Perpignan, France. Aug 29 - Sept 18, 2015.  

Bear Dance. The Fence Exhibition. Brooklyn, Houston and Atlanta, USA. 2015.

LensCulture Emerging Talents 2014 Exhibition. Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. Oct 13 - Nov 8, 2014. 

Prosecuting Sexual Violence in Conflict: A Journey Through the International Judicial System. Projection, curated by ART WORKS Projects. Philanthropy House, Brussels, Belgium. March 2014. 

LECTURES / CONFERENCES

Upcoming:

Past:

“Discussion with photojournalist Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi: Darfur”. Prix Bayeaux Calvados-Normandie de Correspondants de Guerre. Bayeux, Normandy, France. Oct 12, 2024.

“Challenges and strategies for reporting in conflict zones.” Oxford Initiative War and Peace Series: Global Women’s Narrative Project. Oxford University, Oxford UK. Sep 4, 2024.

“Photographing Violence.” Women in Focus. (Reuters and International Center for Photography) London, UK. Nov 13, 2018.

“PDN30.” Western Kentucky University. Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. Nov 2018.

“Covering conflict - and telling the story right.” PhotoPlus Expo. New York, USA. Oct 26, 2018. 3 PM

“Por una geografia sin violencia: El derecho a la salud sexual y reproductiva desde una perspectiva global.” Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Oct 10, 2016. 12:25 PM. 

“El Ensayo Fotográfico y la Creación de la Noticia.” II Jornades Fotográfia Social. Centre de la Imatge, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain. Apr 13, 2016.

“Photographer talk: Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi.” Visa Pour L'Image International Festival of Photojournalism. Palais de Congres, Perpignan, France. Sept 3, 2015.

HONORS

2018   PDN's 30: Our Choice of New and Emerging Photographers to Watch for in 2018

2015   International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Humanitarian Visa d'Or Award

The Allard Prize for International Integrity - Photography Award

The Fence at Photoville - People's Choice Award

2014   LensCulture Emerging Talent Award 2014 – Top 50 Emerging Talents

2012   IREX Make a Better World Photo Contest – People’s Choice Award

Institutions / NGOs:

American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

ART WORKS Projects

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Comité pour la santé des exilés (Comede)

Conciliation Resources / Accord 

Chokgyur Lingpa Foundation

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) 

Human Rights Watch

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

International Medical Corps

International Rescue Committee

International Rivers

Norwegian Refugee Council

On the Ground

Oxfam

Peace Direct

Save the Children 

United Nations Foundation

UNHCR

UNICEF

Corporate:

Google

United Colors of Benetton

AWAY

Tara Ghar

Higher Grounds Trading Co.

KIVU Coffee