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Bahia Shehab
Personal information
Title:
Artist, Art Historian, Associate Professor
Contact information (private)
Personal email address:
bahia@aucegypt.edu
Personal Webpage:
https://www.facebook.com/bahiashehabpage/ Education
PhD, 2017, Leiden University, Netherlands.
MA, 2009, American University in Cairo, Cairo - Egypt.
Competences
Art
History of art
Design
Languages:
Arabic
English
Jobs
Work history:
Associate Professor of Design, American University in Cairo.
Founder of the graphic design program, American University in Cairo.
Her artwork has been on display in exhibitions, galleries and streets internationally.
Productions and works:
A Thousand Times NO: The Visual History of Lam-Alif, 2010.
She has a number of book chapters.
Awards
Distinctions:
The first Arab woman to receive the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture in 2016.
Awards:
Prince Claus Laureate, 2016, Prince Claus Awards.
Jameel Prize 4 - Shortlist, 2016, Victoria & Albert Museum - UK.