{"id":147,"date":"2017-02-01T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rayiabanjar.com\/ara\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:59:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rayiabanjar.com\/ara\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"[mhc_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; gradient_background=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; gradient_style=&#8221;horizontal&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; video_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_advanced_padding=&#8221;off&#8221; remove_padding=&#8221;off&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; column_paddings=&#8221;padding-0pct&#8221; column_match_heights=&#8221;off&#8221; separator_top=&#8221;off&#8221; separator_bottom=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_image=&#8221;29&#8243;][mhc_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][mhc_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][mhc_image admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.rayiabanjar.com\/ara\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/81011.png&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; hoverfx=&#8221;none&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; image_mask=&#8221;off&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;0&#8243; align=&#8221;right&#8221; force_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/mhc_image][\/mhc_column][\/mhc_row][mhc_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; gradient_background=&#8221;off&#8221; gradient_style=&#8221;horizontal&#8221; remove_padding=&#8221;on&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;40&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;100&#8243; background_image_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_image_position_x=&#8221;center&#8221; background_image_position_y=&#8221;center&#8221;][mhc_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][mhc_team_member admin_label=&#8221;Personal Card&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; twitter_url=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RayiaBanjar&#8221; instagram_url=&#8221;https:\/\/instagram.com\/RayiaBanjar&#8221; show_border=&#8221;on&#8221; position=&#8221;Street Photographer &#8221; name=&#8221;Rayia Banjar&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Fascinated by the Art of Still and Motion-Picture Photography.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/mhc_team_member][mhc_text admin_label=&#8221;SKILLS&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]\n<p><strong>SKILLS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital Marketing Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Pay Per Click (PPC) Marketing<\/li>\n<li>SEO &amp; SEM<\/li>\n<li>E-Content Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Project Planning and Management<\/li>\n<li>Negotiation<\/li>\n<li>Web Design\/Hosting\/Managment<\/li>\n<li>Video-making\/editing<\/li>\n<li>Film Directing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/mhc_text][\/mhc_column][mhc_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][mhc_text admin_label=&#8221;About &#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Rayia Banjar is an award-winning co-writer, passionate street photographer and the Co-Founder\/CEO of 3rd action Productions . Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. With over 11-year work experience, Rayia has earned:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>BSc degree in International Business Administration<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">King Abdulaziz University \u2013 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2010<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Certified in Digital Marketing<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Velocity Academy \u2013 London, United Kingdom 2019<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Omnia Education Partnerships \u2013 Finland 2019<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>International License For Entrepreneurship (ILFEN\u2122)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">King Saud University \u2013 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2017<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Diploma in Photography<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Shaw Academy \u2013 Dublin 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Also, Rayia has completed several professional training courses in project management, business development, digital marketing and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Although Rayia comes from a business academic background, she is sentimentally ambitious to express her ideas and vision and create her artistic re-touch in her photographs, as she believes art must be free from all rules that trammel.\u00a0Her passion which started with photography grew into cinematography, as she believes that photographs can express untold stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Rayia has participated in a variety of international and local photography exhibitions since 2004. 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