Education
> MFA
2007 - 2009 Master of Fine Arts
San Francisco Art Institute
Photography Dept. Merit Fellowship Recipient
California - USA
> BFA
1998 - 2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Design & Printmaking Dept., Helwan University
Cairo - Egypt
Teaching Experience
2013 - 2018 Assistant Professor of Photography and Design, Scientific College of Design, Oman
2011 - 2013 Assistant Professor of Photography, American University in Cairo, Egypt
2009 - 2013 Photography Instructor, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
2009 Instructor, Contemporary Photography, Vestjyllands HØJSKOLE, Denmark
2006 Instructor, Photography workshop, Al-Amal Village, 10th Ramadan, Egypt
2006 Instructor, Photography classes/workshops, five secondary schools, Denmark
Grants / Awards / Fellowships
2007 MFA Merit Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
2006 Triangle Arts Trust, Workshop, Nepal
2004 Workshop grant, Ford Foundation
2004 Workshop grant, Sean Kernan Studios
Workshops
2006 Documentary Photography, WPPH/Addis Ababa Univ., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2006 Contemporary Drawings, Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark
2006 Sutra International Workshop, Patan, Katmandu, Nepal
2006 Outskirts; Non-Place; Urban Areas, Eva Bertram and Andreas Rost, CiC, Cairo, Egypt
2004 B&W Photography, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME, USA
2004 B&W by Andreas Rost (Bauhaus Photography Exhibition), Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2004 Exploring the African Diaspora, with Mildred Howard, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2003 Master Class, Photojournalism by Abbas (Magnum Photos), Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Publications
2007 'The Rock Critic', First edition, limited
Internships
2004 (August) Assistant, Sean Kernan Studios, Stony Creek, CT, USA
2000/2002 (Summers) Graphic Designer, Arab Contractors Press, Cairo, Egypt
Field Experience
2012 Assistant, with Artist Shirin Neshat, Our House is On Fire, Cairo, Egypt
2005 Assistant, with Photographer Ron Nicolaysen, Cairo, Egypt
2005 Assistant, with Photographer Sean Kernan, Cairo, Egypt
2004 Production Assistant, with Photographer Sean Kernan, Cairo/Alexandria, Egypt
2003 Co-curator, 'Obligatory Direction', Photography exhibit, Cordoba Gallery, Cairo, Egypt