The 2012 Prince Claus Awards
Theme
«Frontiers of Reality »
- Laureates
- Eloísa Cartonera (Argentina) (Principal Award), co-operation of designers and writers
- Sami Ben Gharbia, (Tunisia), internet activist
- Habiba Djahnine, (Algeria), film producer, film festival curator and essayist
- Yassin al-Haj Saleh, (Syria), writer and dissident
- Widad Kawar, (Jordan), collector and researcher of Arab clothing and jewellery
- Teresa Margolles, (Mexico), photographer, videographer and performance artist
- Boniface Mwangi, (Kenya), press photographer and peace activist
- Phare Ponleu Selpak, (Cambodia), cultural community organization
- Ian Randle, (Jamaica), independent publisher
- Maung Thura, alias Zarganar, (Burma), comedian and film maker
- Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, alias Hadraawi, (Somaliland/Somalia), poet and songwriter
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