Bahia Shehab
Egypt
http://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/Profiles/Pages/BahiaShehab.aspx
About me
Bahia Shehab is a Lebanese-Egyptian artist, designer and art historian. Her artwork has been on display in exhibitions, galleries and streets in Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, UAE and the US. The documentary Nefertiti's Daughters featuring her street artwork during the Egyptian uprising was released in 2015. Her book "A Thousand Times NO: The Visual History of Lam-Alif" was published in 2010 and the artwork by the same title was shortlisted for V&A’s Jameel Prize in 2016. She is a 2012 TED Fellow and a 2016 TED Senior Fellow. Bahia was selected as one of BBC’s 100 Women for two consecutive years, in 2013 and 2014. The American University in Beirut honored her as distinguished alumna in 2015.