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Alia AlShamsi
Born in 1982 in Dubai, Alia AlShamsi has over two decades of experience in arts and culture. She studied Photography at Griffith University in Australia and holds an MA in Photo-Image from Durham University in the UK, where her thesis explored the archive and memory. In 2005, AlShamsi became the youngest photographer featured at the Biennale di Fotografia in Brescia, exhibiting alongside icons such as Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin.
In 2012, AlShamsi joined the American University of Sharjah as an adjunct in the College of Architecture, Art and Design before expanding her creative practice to publish a series of illustrated children’s books and poetry. She later served for seven years as Cultural Programming Manager at Louvre Abu Dhabi, contributing significantly to the region’s cultural landscape, and curated Interwoven: Art, Identity and the Gulf, an exhibition bridging heritage visual language with contemporary artistic practice.
AlShamsi is also the Vice President of the Emirates Reprographic Rights Association, where she advocates for copyright and creative intellectual property.
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Plants of the Quran
Join author Shahina A. Ghazanfar and illustrator Sue Wickison for a journey through the rich botanical world of the Quran, exploring the sacred plants that connect nature, faith, and culture through art and scholarship.
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