Find The Anger
Mohamed Hozyen | Cairo, Egypt
Photographer: Mohamed Hozyen
Exhibit Title: Find The Anger
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Find the Anger is a documentary photo story following a community of young Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes across Egypt. Through intimate frames—sweat-stained training rooms, improvised gyms, and shadows on concrete floors—the project reveals fighters training with whatever they have, wherever they can.
Each photograph traces the daily reality of athletes largely invisible within the country’s sports landscape. Equipment is often borrowed, spaces temporary, and opportunities uncertain. Yet the images capture resilience: repetitive drills, quiet exhaustion, and the intensity of those preparing for a future just out of reach. Many dream of leaving the country to pursue careers abroad.
The story also centers women entering these gyms. Their presence becomes a powerful counter-narrative, reflecting not only physical strength but a search for safety, confidence, and visibility. For them, MMA is resistance—against harassment, limitation, and exclusion from a system that rarely supports them. Their portraits reveal the challenge of sustaining passion alongside work and social expectations.
Find the Anger goes beyond sport, exploring ambition under pressure, identity shaped by struggle, and the quiet persistence of a community fighting to be seen.
Mohamed Hozyen began working as a photographer in 2016, focusing on documenting daily life and social issues in Egypt. His practice centres on neglected marginalized communities and the subtle changes affecting the social fabric of his country. Through long-term observation and close engagement, he explores how political, economic, and cultural transformations impact individuals and communities. By focusing on everyday moments, his work reveals stories often overlooked by mainstream narratives. Hozyen uses photography as a tool to question visibility, representation, and belonging, creating an honest visual record of resilience, vulnerability, and social change within contemporary Egyptian society.
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