SPEAKER
Nora Zeid
Nora Zeid is an award-winning illustrator and visual artist whose work draws on the region’s cultural heritage, using illustration to explore space, memory, and the layered histories of place. Her work has been exhibited regionally, including solo shows Cairo Illustrated: Stories from Heliopolis and Cairo Illustrated, and her comics have appeared in Sharjah Art Foundation’s anthology Corniche and other publications. Zeid has collaborated with a range of institutions and clients, including Google, Cadillac, Diwan Publishing, VICE Arabia, and Kerning Cultures. In 2024, she was named to the Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30 list.
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Nora Zeid: Book Cover Design for Beginners
Illustrator Nora Zeid reveals how research, story analysis, and visual interpretation transform story elements into striking book covers that capture emotion, signal genre, and draw the reader’s eye.
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Exploring Comics in the UAE
Join artists and creatives Nora Zeid, Jane Pica, Manar Laham, and Mohammad Yousuf AlShaibani for a look at the UAE’s growing comics scene.
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