Mohamed Mahdy is a visual storyteller and educator from Alexandria whose work moves through Egypt's hidden and overlooked communities. His project Moon Dust — on life beside the cement factory of Wadi El-Qamar — won at the World Press Photo Contest, and his commissions include the Kingdom Photography Award's When the Fog Whispers in Asir. He presented at GPP's Cairo SlideJam in 2018 and at Slidefest's Kingdom Photography Award editions in 2025.