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Egypt's Amina Kadous Nominated for Int'l Photography Award

Amina Kadous.
Amina Kadous.
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Egypt's Amina Kadous Nominated for Int'l Photography Award

Amina Kadous.
Amina Kadous.

Egypt's Amina Kadous is among eight photographers nominated for the 6th edition of the Madame Figaro Photography Award (Prix de la Photo Madame Figaro Arles) at the “Les Rencontres de la Photographie à Arles” Festival.

The festival is held annually in the city of Arles, southern France.

This year, the festival will feature 40 photography exhibitions displaying photos captured by prominent names in the field.

Born in 1991, Kadous studied in Boston in United States. Her photographs explore the concepts of memory and experience.

According to the competition’s brochure, Amina believes that “nothing lasts. Experiences, things, and moments from the physical world.”

Kadous had formerly displayed her works in London, Paris, Bamako and Boston.

During the 12th Biennale of Photography in Bamako, Kadous displayed a photograph, called “Memory Crack”, for which she won the “Centre Soleil d'Afrique Prize” (Sun Center of Africa Award).

Commenting on the award, she said: “The grains of my identity are planted in the city of Mahala [her hometown in Egypt]”.

Known as the home of Egyptian cotton, Mahala is depicted by Kadous in a photography collection named “White Gold”. The photograph competing in Arles is selected from this collection.

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Poachers Have Killed over 100 Rhinos in South Africa This Year

A rhino, front, recovers from a tranquilizer, after a hole was drilled into its horn and isotopes carefully inserted, at a rhino orphanage in the country's northern province of Limpopo, June 25, 2024. (AP)
A rhino, front, recovers from a tranquilizer, after a hole was drilled into its horn and isotopes carefully inserted, at a rhino orphanage in the country's northern province of Limpopo, June 25, 2024. (AP)
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Poachers Have Killed over 100 Rhinos in South Africa This Year

A rhino, front, recovers from a tranquilizer, after a hole was drilled into its horn and isotopes carefully inserted, at a rhino orphanage in the country's northern province of Limpopo, June 25, 2024. (AP)
A rhino, front, recovers from a tranquilizer, after a hole was drilled into its horn and isotopes carefully inserted, at a rhino orphanage in the country's northern province of Limpopo, June 25, 2024. (AP)

Poachers in South Africa killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year, most of them inside national parks, highlighting an ongoing battle to protect one of the best-known endangered species.

South African Environment Minister Dion George announced the figures Monday and said that of the 103 rhinos killed between Jan. 1 and March 31, 65 were poached in national parks.

The average of more than one rhino killed a day is in line with last year's count and “a stark reminder of the relentless threat to our wildlife,” George said.

South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world, with an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 animals, according to conservation groups. That includes black and white rhinos.

Black rhinos are only found in the wild in Africa and are listed as critically endangered with around 6,400 left, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Around 2,000 are in South Africa.

South African authorities have focused in recent years on criminal syndicates they believe are behind much of the country's rhino poaching.

The environment ministry hailed a conviction last year of what it called a poaching “kingpin” from Mozambique. Simon Ernesto Valoi was sentenced to 27 years in prison by a Mozambique court for running an operation poaching rhinos in South Africa's huge Kruger National Park, which borders Mozambique.