Tamara Abdul Hadi
was born to Iraqi parents in the UAE and raised in Montreal,
Canada. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine arts she
moved to Dubai, UAE and began her photography career.
Working at Reuters News Agency as a photojournalist and
photo editor in 2005, she then went on to work for the New
York Times, based out of the UAE. She continued working as a
photojournalist in the Middle East region and has been
published in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and The
Financial Times to name a few. Alongside her photojournalism
work, Abdul Hadi created and gave photography workshops in
Lebanon and Palestine, with the goal of giving empowerment
to women and children through the creative arts. Her
personal photography projects deal with social injustice and
deconstructing stereotypes.
