كَامِيرَا فِي السَّابِعَةِ

بَتِيلُ يَمَانِي مُصَوِّرَةٌ سُعُودِيَّةٌ، عُمْرُهَا ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. وَفِي هَذَا الْأُسْبُوعِ، قَدَّمَتْ أَوَّلَ كِتَابٍ لَهَا، فِيهِ صُوَرُهَا، فِي حَفْلٍ بِجُدَّةَ. وَأُعْجِبَ الضُّيُوفُ بِصُوَرِهَا كَثِيرًا. وُلِدَتْ بَتِيلُ فِي جُدَّةَ، وَكَبِرَتْ فِيهَا. وَحُبُّ التَّصْوِيرِ فِي عَائِلَتِهَا. فَجَدُّهَا وَأُمُّهَا يُحِبَّانِ التَّصْوِيرَ أَيْضًا. وَكَانَا يَذْهَبَانِ إِلَى «الْبَلَدِ»، الْحَيِّ الْقَدِيمِ فِي جُدَّةَ، لِيُصَوِّرَاهُ. عِنْدَمَا كَانَ عُمْرُهَا سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ، اشْتَرَتْ لَهَا أُمُّهَا أَوَّلَ كَامِيرَا. وَآمَنَ وَالِدَاهَا بِهَا، فَبَدَأَتْ تُشَارِكُ فِي مُسَابَقَاتٍ. وَفِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ الِابْتِدَائِيَّةِ، شَارَكَتْ فِي أَوَّلِ مُسَابَقَةٍ، وَفَازَتْ بِالْمَرْكَزِ الْأَوَّلِ! وَهَذَا النَّجَاحُ شَجَّعَهَا عَلَى التَّصْوِيرِ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، سَافَرَتْ بَتِيلُ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ. وَهُنَاكَ، صَوَّرَتْ أَرْبَعَ مُدُنٍ: الْجَدِيدَةَ، وَالدَّارَ الْبَيْضَاءَ، وَمَرَّاكُشَ، وَفَاسَ. وَفِي صُوَرِهَا مَبَانٍ لَهَا أَقْوَاسٌ. وَقَالَ مُهَنْدِسٌ مِعْمَارِيٌّ فِي الْحَفْلِ إِنَّهُ يَرَى إِيقَاعًا فِي هَذِهِ الْأَقْوَاسِ. كَانَ الْكِتَابُ مَشْرُوعَ التَّخَرُّجِ فِي مَدْرَسَتِهَا. وَعَمِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ تِسْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، فِي سَنَتِهَا الْأَخِيرَةِ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ. ثُمَّ طَبَعَتْهُ بِنَفْسِهَا، وَهِيَ تَتَمَنَّى أَنْ تَجِدَ دَارَ نَشْرٍ. وَتَقُولُ بَتِيلُ إِنَّ الْمَشْرُوعَ جَاءَ مِنْ حُبِّهَا لِلتَّصْوِيرِ، وَمِنْ وَاجِبِهَا أَنْ تَحْفَظَ ثَقَافَتَهَا الْعَرَبِيَّةَ. وَهِيَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزُورَ بِلَادًا عَرَبِيَّةً أُخْرَى، ثُمَّ تُقِيمَ مَعْرِضًا جَدِيدًا. وَتَقُولُ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْبِدَايَةُ فَقَطْ.»

Bateel Yamani is a Saudi photographer; she is eighteen years old. This week, she presented her first book, with her photos in it, at an event in Jeddah. The guests liked her photos very much. Bateel was born in Jeddah and grew up there. A love of photography runs in her family. Her grandfather and her mother love photography too. They used to go to Al-Balad, the old quarter of Jeddah, to photograph it. When she was seven, her mother bought her her first camera. Her parents believed in her, so she started taking part in competitions. At primary school, she took part in her first competition, and won first place! This success encouraged her to keep taking photos. After that, Bateel travelled to Morocco. There, she photographed four cities: El Jadida, Casablanca, Marrakesh and Fez. In her photos there are buildings with arches. An architect at the event said he sees a rhythm in these arches. The book was her graduation project at school. She worked on it for nine months, in her last y