Author

Gihane Zaki

studied at Helwan University (Egypt) and Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France) where she received her PhD in Egyptology. In addition to teaching at Helwan University, she has represented the Egyptian government at the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. She is currently the director of the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.

Articles by this author

issue 8

A Home in Rome

The Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts in Rome

Established in 1929 thanks to the vision of painter Ragheb Ayad, the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts in Rome—which remains highly influential to this day—is a tribute to the multiculturalism that typified the Egyptian art scene of the early twentieth century.