Category: Graphic Design
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Sara Khayat is a feminist graphic designer, illustrator, and visual artist from Syria. She was born in Damascus and studied graphic design at the International University for Science and Technology (IUST Syria). Khayat’s work is focused on women’s, LGBTQI+, and refugee rights, using illustration and graphic design to support a wide range of social justice…
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Donia Alshetairy, born in Yafaa, Yemen, 1983. She is an artist based in Saudi Arabia, studied IT and is self-taught in graphic design and multimedia. Her passion for art inspired her to Pursue a degree in art. Al Shetairy’s artistic approach focuses on the concept of restoring one’s roots, a principle influenced by her studies…
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“Since I “re/came” to settle in Algeria in 2015, I have been developing a practice as a graphic designer, artist, trainer and cultural practitioner. Through my medium which is graphic design, I experiment with cartography, lettering and editing. I created with Riad Hamed Abdelouahab a graphic studio called “Chimbo” (wild cactus growing on the side of…
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Mesbah Nesma (Jewee), is an Illustrator, graphic designer and author based in Algiers, Algeria. She illustrate stories for children using bright and playful colours, shapes and textures. On the other hand, she writes, illustrate and documents stories inspired by her city “Algiers”, her friends and her own experience a young adult. She published two graphic…
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Leila Bakouche, born in Algiers in 1992, is a multidisciplinary artist with a deep passion for cities, architecture, and the intricate details that define spaces and identities. Growing up near the Mediterranean, she was influenced by the Ottoman and Haussmannian architectural styles. Her love for cities was cultivated throughout her life, leading her to specialize…
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(1930 – 2010) An Egyptian artist and art professor specializing in printed design. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo in 1954 and her Master of Fine Arts in graphic printing 1957 from the University of Southern California. Beginning in 1958, Aleem taught printmaking at the Faculty of Fine…
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Bahia Shehab is an artist and author based in Cairo. She is Professor of design and founder of the graphic design program at The American University in Cairo where she developed a full design curriculum focused on the visual culture of the Arab world. She frequently lectures internationally on Arab visual culture and design education,…
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Engy Aly (b. Cairo, 1982) is a graphic designer with an MFA from the Basel School of Design (HGK FHNW/UIC). Aly mainly focuses on cultural commissions including posters, catalogues and artist monographs. She is also the initiator and organizer of several workshops, exhibitions and events revolving around design and visual culture in Cairo and elsewhere.…
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Fatma Ramadan Sayed, born in 1987, is a talented artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Minya University in 2009, majoring in the Graphics department. She has held several solo exhibitions, including shows in Spain, Italy, and Egypt. Notable exhibitions include “Breaking a Pattern” at Isis Gallery in 2019 and “Air Time” at Samah…
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Mariem Abutaleb is a lettering artist and graphic designer who is based in Cairo, Egypt. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from AUC, the American University in Cairo. Mariem believes in the power of writing as a visual language in delivering messages. Therefore, her work crystallizes the Arabic lettering as a strong expressive…
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Born and raised in Australia, Andrea Nassar moved to Beirut to pursue a degree in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut. After over 15 years of working in corporate and print design, and with numerous works recognized in various international design publications, she returned to her initial love for creating objects and working…
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Azza Alameddine has been working as a graphic & type designer in the UK and Spain. Her goal is to bring more awareness to graphic and type designers in the Middle East about the added value of good typography in visual communication. Azza specializes in Arabic branding and tries through her work to preserve the…
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Born in Romania, Assil Diab is a well-known Sudanese graffiti artist, graphic designer and visual artist. Known as “Sudalove”, she is the first female graffiti artist emerging from Sudan and Qatar dubbed by She Leads Africa in 2016. Assil graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 2011 in Richmond, Virginia – USA with a Bachelor…
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Moira Ali is an Egyptian graphic designer and illustrator. She holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from the Faculty of Applied Sciences & Arts at the German University in Cairo (GUC), and holds a master’s degree from L’École Européenne Supérieure d’Arts de Bretagne (Eesab) in Lorient, France. Since 2016, Moira has been working as…