Rashid Abdelhamid is an architect, designer, art curator, and film producer. Of mixed Palestinian-Serbian origin, he was born and raised in Algeria and received his education in France and Italy, going on to live and work in Gaza from 1997 to 2008.
In early 2013, in collaboration with twin Gazan filmmakers Tarzan and Arab, he founded Made in Palestine Project, an independent arts initiative to create and promote contemporary visual art with a focus on Palestine.
He is also co-founder and Artistic Director of Alhoush.com, a pioneering cultural networking and e-commerce portal for contemporary Arab art and design launched in April 2012. Before his work on Condom Lead, Abdelhamid produced a series of short movies on contemporary Arab artists for Alhoush.com. He also assisted with the production and distribution of Tarzan and Arab's 2010 film, Colourful Journey, which earned their makers the prestigious A.M. Qattan Foundation's Young Artist of the Year Award. Colourful Journey has since been screened in over 20 countries, and recently made the official selection of the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Next up, Abdelhamid will produce Made in Palestine Project's first feature film, Casting, currently in the final stages of pre-production and funding.
He is also Project Manager of the Karama Human Rights Film Festival Palestine, a collaboration with Ma3mal 612 (Think Factory), slated to take place across five cities in Palestine in December 2013.