Bahia Shehab - Who is she

Organizations: Universities

Professions: Artist, Educator

Artist, Art Historian, Associate Professor

Bahia Shehab

bahia@aucegypt.edu

https://www.facebook.com/bahiashehabpage/

PhD, 2017, Leiden University, Netherlands.

MA, 2009, American University in Cairo, Cairo - Egypt.

Arabic

English

Art

History of art

Design

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.

A Thousand Times NO: The Visual History of Lam-Alif, 2010.

She has a number of book chapters.

The first Arab woman to receive the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture in 2016.

Prince Claus Laureate, 2016, Prince Claus Awards.

Jameel Prize 4 - Shortlist, 2016, Victoria & Albert Museum - UK.