Mohammad Murad

Early life Murad was born in Kuwait in 1976. He became interested in photography after watching his father take family photos and videos. Outside of photography, he works as a communication engineer in television broadcasting.

Career Murad purchased his first professional camera in 2014 and began his photography career by joining the Kuwait Voluntary Work Center's Photography & Documentary Team. Later in the year, he joined the Birds Monitoring & Protecting Team at the Kuwait Environment Protection Society.

Murad's photographs have been featured in the National Geographic, Business Insider, the Kuwait Times, and other publications.

In 2015, he received his first photography awards, an Honorable Mention at the ND Awards In 2018, Murad was awarded the Merit Medal by the Hamdan International Photography Award for his black-and-white photography. In the same year, USA Today reported that he was among the winners of the 2019 National Wildlife Magazine photo contest. In 2020, Murad won the Remarkable Artwork Award in the "Animals in Their Environment" category at the Siena International Photo Awards. Murad also won second place in the Urban Wildlife category at the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition in 2021.

Awards 2017–2018: Merit Medal Recipient, Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) 2019: Second Place – Amphibians and Reptiles, The National Wildlife Magazine Photo Contest 2020: Remarkable Artwork – Animals in Their Environment, Siena International Photo Awards 2021: Runner-Up – Urban Wildlife Category, Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition