Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, announces the winners of the “Date Palm International Photography” competition, in its 16th Session, 2025, which is organized by the Award, under the generous patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, where the results were as follows:
First Category (Date Palm Tree)
- First Place: Charlie Villagracia
- Second Place: Salim Al Hajri
Second Category (Man and the Date Palm Tree)
- First place: Sulaiman Al Qablan
- Second place: Mohammad Hassan Al-Muhanna
- Third place: Musa ben Salim ben Suwaidan Al-Hajri
This was announced, in a press statement by Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid, Award’s Secretary General, where he expressed his happiness with what the Competition has achieved over the past sixteen years, and which has enhanced the relationship between people and the date palm tree by employing the art of photography, as a mean to raise public awareness on the importance of the date palm tree, creating a broader space for the exchange of experiences between photographers from across the world, highlighting the touristic, environmental and heritage components of the date palm tree through photography, while encouraging people’s connection to the land and environment.
The Award’s Secretary General also added that the Sixteenth session of the Competition, was distinguished by the participation of 142 photographers, representing 18 countries, and the number of participating photos reached 380 of the most beautiful photos that expressed their love, and intimate relationship with the Blessed Tree.
