Bahia is a Lebanese-Egyptian artist, designer and Islamic art historian studying ancient Arabic script and visual heritage to solve modern-day design issues. She is Executive Creative Director with MI7-Cairo working on projects relevant to cultural heritage.
She is also Associate Professor of Practice at the American University in Cairo and has developed a new four-year Graphic Design program for the department of the Arts with the first specialized courses on the History of Arab Design and communication as a discipline in the Arab world. Bahia is working towards a PhD at Leiden University in Holland.
Her research is focused on Fatimid Kufic inscriptions and epigraphic evidence in the decorative arts and on portable items in the Mediterranean basin and beyond. Bahia's work has been on display in galleries in China, Germany, Italy, UAE and all over the streets of Cairo.
Her book "A Thousand Times NO: The Visual History of Lam-Alif" was published in 2010 by Khatt Books in Amsterdam.
She is a 2012 TEDGlobal fellow.
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[ Accessible Approach ]
[ Beyrouth ]
[ Cairo as Canvas ]
[ Dawam al hal min al muhal—No Condition is Permanent ]
[ De Montmorency à Metz ]
[ Dowry No ]
[ Fear of a Muslim Planet ]
[ Fragmented Letters ]
[ Gentle Wall project ]
[ Images and Images ]
[ Kafranbel ]
[ Leading a Smart Revolution ]
[ Lens of a young Person ]
[ Muraqabet amel jidariya—Watching the Creation of a Wall Painting ]
[ No Holy Cows ]
[ On Graphic Crimes and Visible Fractures ]
[ on going ]
[ PMS = Poster Message Service ]
[ Réconciliation ]
[ Rasael—Messages ]
[ Seipone ]
[ T.W.B.T.C ]
[ This is a picture book ]
[ Vitry ]
[ What remains and Things to come ]
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