Seif El Rashidi Author

Seif El Rashidi is an art historian who graduated from the American University in Cairo’s Islamic art program. He specializes in the management of heritage projects involving community engagement, and has worked for ten years in cultural preservation in Cairo’s al-Darb al-Ahmar, the tentmakers’ neighborhood. Sam Bowker is a lecturer in art history and visual culture at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Australia. He has published on aspects of khayamiya since 2012, and curated Khayamiya: Khedival to Contemporary for the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in 2015–16.