Lives and works in Cairo (again since 1985) and in Fayoum, Egypt (since 1987)
Current Works
Founder and director of Fayoum Art Center and of the first Caricature Museum in the Middle East, also in Fayoum
“The Silk Road”, Work in progress (2017)
Residencies/Awards
Grand Prize, Alexandria Biennale (1997)
Artist residency, Vermont Art Center, USA (1997)
Pro Helvetia studio residency, Basel (1988)
Profession
Artist (since age 24)
Education/Background
Kunstgewerbeschule, short course, Zurich (1981)
Scholarship in Spain (1978)
Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria (1973–1978)
Primary and Secondary school, Belqas, Egypt (1958–1967)
Mother: Housewife
Father: Owner of a cheese factory
Five Brothers and Sisters
Two Children (born in 1985 and 1992)
Dream job as a child: Carpenter
Dream job as an adolescent: Artist
Historical Event
Egyptian Constitution (2013)
Egyptian Revolution (2011)