BIO

Magda is an Abu Dhabi based climber and adventure photographer working at the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University as Sports Lecturer specialized in climbing. She fell in love with photography almost 20 years ago, at the age of 14, when she got her first camera Yashica FX3. She's been climbing since 2005 and been a climbing instructor from 2013, when she also graduated with the Master's Degree in History from West Virginia University and Master's Degree in International Relations from Collegium Civitas in Warsaw.

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Education:

MA in History | West Virginia University | Morgantown, USA 2013

MA in International Relations | Collegium Civitas | Warsaw, Poland 2013

Sport Instructor Course with major in Sport Climbing | University of Physical Education | Warsaw, Poland 2013


Awards & Nominations

1st place in "Polak - Emigrant" Photography Contest | Polish Senate and the Warsaw University Centre of Migration Research | Nov 2013 | Read more


Media Appearances

TVN24 BiS - Pokaż Nam Świat

Interview with Jakub Porada about Oman and United Arab Emirates off the beaten track. How to plan an adventurous trip to UAE and Oman and not to spend fortune on it.

| Poland 2019

Wasza Wysokość - Podcast #01‪3‬

Interview with Jerzy Rostafiński about life, work and climbing in Oman and United Arab Emirates, cultural differences and stereotypes about the region.

| Poland 2019

TVN24 BiS -Pokaż Nam Świat

Interview with Lukasz Kijek about wild and wonderful West Virginia. Discovering one of the least known states in the USA.

| Poland 2016


Other

Sony Cinema Line FX3

Promotional video for the Sony FX3 (model ILME-FX3) camera, Project realized in Ras Al Khaimah with Saad Aldin Alkharouf an award-winning cinematographer based in the UAE.

| United Arab Emirates 2021

Reel Rock 14 Screening Event Jeddah

Saudi Climbing and Hiking Federation created an amazing opportunity to meet local climbers and introduce one of the freshly developed climbing crags in the KSA.

| Saudi Arabia 2020

Groomsh. Storm Chasers.

Project for Nokia Groomsh. The story of Storm Chasers using the newest technology to track and report storm events to the local communities.

| Poland 2017