Yousef Naser Wins Egypt National Award at Sony World Photography Awards 2026

Yousef Naser, a 23-year-old Cairo-based documentary photographer and DoP, won Egypt's National Award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 with Happiness Seller. He also holds two Young Amateur Photographer of the Year titles. A graduate with Distinction from the Higher Institute of Cinema, the oldest film academy in the Middle East, he started shooting on a mobile phone along the Nile before developing his documentary practice.