Author

Shahira Mehrez

holds an MA degree in Islamic art and architecture from the American University in Cairo and has conducted post graduate research at Oxford University while teaching at the faculty of Tourism of Helwan University. Her concern for endangered traditional Egyptian heritage led her to change her career and for the past forty years she has been researching and collecting Egypt’s unparalleled but hitherto little-documented costumes and jewellery. She is currently working on publishing her collections.

Articles by this author

issue 11

Passion for the Authentic

Women’s costumes from the Egyptian countryside and oases

Shahira Mehrez has dedicated her life to preserving Egyptian costume history. Here, she takes us on a tour of her unmatched collection of regional costumes.

issue 10

In the Lap of Luxury

Traces of a Bygone Era

A peek into the grand kitchens and sumptuous celebrations of the twentieth-century Egyptian aristocracy.

issue 7

Reflections

on the Talismanic Aspects Of Egyptian Female Ornaments

For millennia, Egypt's traditional symbols have survived and adapted, serving to unite the country's population. But despite their importance, these symbols and their meanings are vanishing in the modern age.