Shireen Ellinger
received her BA in history of art at Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and her MA in history of art and archaeology of the Islamic Middle East at SOAS (UOL). Currently, she is a doctoral researcher at the University of Bonn on a thesis entitled ‘Mamluk Silk Production in Egypt and Syria (1250–1400)’ and works at the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art in London.