In 2008, the Presidency of the Jury selected the theme of Dialogue Through Arts. The particular field of art chosen was visual arts which includes the following disciplines: drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture.

The Winner of the III edition is Rima Maroun , Lebanese photographer for her photographic project Les Murmures. Rima was bestowed the trophy at the Awarding Ceremony organized in the framework of the First Meeting of the Advisory Council, held at Fondazione Mediterraneo Headquarters in Naples, 27 September 2008. In addition, an exhibition of Les Murmures was held at Fondazione Mediterraneo Headquarters (27 September – 27 October 2008).

Rima was also invited to give a presentation of her work to the Heads of the ALF National Networks during their annual meeting in Nice, 29 November 2008. On 2 March 2009, the Hungarian Head of Network, Museum of Trade and Hospitality organized an exhibition Les Murmures in Budapest. The exhibition opening was made by the H.E. Mr. Charbel Stephan, Lebanese Ambassador in Budapest and attended by the Ambassadors of Algeria, Palestine, Qatar and others.

In March 2010, Rima Maroun was invited to the Anna Lindh Forum 2010 in Barcelona and was a keynote speaker in the plenary session entitled “Bridging the Gap in Mutual Perceptions: the Anna Lindh Report on Intercultural Trends” in partnership with TV5 Monde, Al Arabiya and TV3. She also participated as a speaker in the session entitled “Engaging Children and Youth for Human Rights” organised by Article 12 in Scotland.

To see the 14 images of Rima’s photographic project Les Murmures, please click here

The Five Runners Up:

An honourable mention was given to the 5 finalists:

Abed Abdi, Palestinian painter, graphic designer, sculptor and lecturer of Art.

Katja Schaefer, German artistic director of e-werk Weimar.

Marcel de Munnynck, Belgian artist from Artists against the Wall Association.

Ramzi Harrabi, Tunisian artist, poet and singer.

Attila Durack, Turkish photographer and visual artist.