Murad was born in Kuwait in 1976. He became interested in photography after watching his father take family photos and videos.[4] Murad has a degree in Communication Engineering.[5] Outside of photography, he works as a communication engineer in television broadcasting.[4][6]
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.[7][8]
In 2015, he received his first photography awards, an Honorable Mention at the ND Awards[5] and 2nd place at the 2015 Monochrome Awards for his black-and-white photo of a white-tailed eagle, which he took in Hungary.[7][15] In 2018, Murad was awarded the Merit Medal by the Hamdan International Photography Award for his black-and-white photography.[3]
He won first prize in the Artistic Vision category at the Festival de l'Oiseau et de la Nature International Wildbird Photo Competition in 2019.[16] In the same year, USA Today reported that he was among the winners of the 2019 National Wildlife Magazine photo contest.[17] In 2020, Murad won the Remarkable Artwork Award in the "Animals in Their Environment" category at the Siena International Photo Awards.[18] Murad also won second place in the Urban Wildlife category at the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition in 2021.[19][20][21][22]
