Installation photo of the exhibition Women Defining Women: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Apr 23, - Sep 24, 2023, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Installation view - Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and Beyond on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, 2023.

Photo: Paul Eekhoff Courtesy of ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), Toronto, Canada. ©ROM

Installation view - Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and Beyond on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, 2023.

Photo: Paul Eekhoff Courtesy of ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), Toronto, Canada. ©ROM

Blue Waves, 2022, Organza fabric, thread, 60 x 46 cm.

Entangled Emotions, 2022, Plastic bust, fabric, red thread, 49 x 39 x 12 cm.

Worker’s Glove, 2022, Found object, black thread, 38 x 16.5 x 2 cm.

Untitled (Our Black Thread), 2021, embroidery on organza teabags in wooden frame, 44 x 38 cm

Untitled (Our Black Thread), 2021, embroidery on organza fabric, 70 x 54 cm

Untitled (Our Black Thread), 2021, embroidery on car filter fabric in wooden frame, 85 x 45 cm

Untitled (Our Black Thread), 2021, gauze fabric on mannequin bust, 49 x 39 x 12 cm

Untitled (Our Black Thread), 2021, embroidery on organza teabags in wooden frame, 62 x 62 cm

Untitled (Healing Devices), 2019, mixed media on paper, 21.5 x 16 cm

Untitled (Healing Devices), 2019, mixed media on paper, 18 x 13.5 cm

When dreams Call for Silence, 2018, installation view, Tahrir Culture Center, The American University in Cairo

Resting, 2018, mixed media painting on paper, 25.5 x 34 cm

Bathtub, 2018, mixed media painting, 80 x 50 cm

White Bride, 2018, gouache & acrylic painting on paper, 17.5 x 20.5 cm

Golden Bed, 2018, gouache and acrylic painting on paper, 20 x 25.5 cm

Hand of Silence (detail), 2018, mixed media on carton paper and fabric, wood, glass, 142 x 160 x 24 cm

Hand of Silence, 2018, mixed media on carton paper and fabric, wood, glass, 142 x 160 x 24 cm

Edge of Dissolution, 2018, gouache and acrylic painting, 35.5 x 34 cm

Candle Bearers, 2018, gouache and acrylic painting, 30.2 x 25 cm

Untitled (Still), 2018, mixed media collage on paper, 25 x 18.5 cm

Untitled (Still), 2018, mixed media collage on paper, 20 x 17.5 cm

Untitled (Still), 2018, mixed media collage on paper, 34 x 25 cm

Untitled (Still), 2018, mixed media collage on canvas, 40 x 40 cm

Untitled (Still), 2018, mixed media collage on paper, 28 x 22 cm

Cactus Feet, Cactus Crutches, detail, 2016, cut-outs of printed canvas on wooden crutches, and on synthetic resin feet, dimensions variable

Cactus Feet, Cactus Crutches, 2016, cut-outs of printed canvas on wooden crutches, and on synthetic resin feet, dimensions variable

Plastic (detail), 2016, wall installation of 7 racks, photo cut-outs, plastic water bottles, 56 x 22 cm (each rack)

Inside the Box, 2016, mixed media photo collage, acrylic paint, 50 x 50 cm

Lingerie (detail of triptych), 2016, mixed media on leather and wood, electric lights, 56 x 8 cm (each)

The Walls of Shaykh Rihan, 2016, mixed media photo collage, acrylic paint on wood, 210 x 40 x 5 cm

The Walls of Shaykh Rihan (detail), 2016, mixed media photo collage, acrylic paint on wood, 210 x 40 x 5 cm

Abundance, 2016, mixed media photo collage, acrylic paint on wood, 180 x 100 x 5 cm

Marching on Crutches, 2013 - 2014, photo collage, acrylic paint, wood, 200 x 42 x 5 cm (each)

The Fool’s Journal (detail), 2013 - 2014, installation of newspaper cut-outs on fabric, wood, 17 pieces, 52 x 19 cm diameter (each)

The Fool’s Journal, 2013 - 2014, installation of newspaper cut-outs on fabric, wood, 17 pieces, 52 x 19 cm diameter (each)

Portraits from Tahrir, 2013 - 2014, mixed media photo collage on wood, 30 pieces, 37 cm diameter (each)

Discarded, mixed media photo collage, discarded bottle caps, acrylic paint, 200 x 200 cm

Discarded, 2013 - 2014, mixed media photo collage, discarded bottle caps, acrylic paint, 200 x 200 cm

Ironing Board, 2013 - 2014, photo collage on recycled ironing board, acrylic paint, 115 x 22 x 5 cm

Don’t Believe Her (detail), 2010, recycled plastic dolls, acrylic paint and text on wood, 110 x 37 x 6 cm

Don’t Believe Her, 2010, recycled plastic dolls, acrylic paint and text on wood, 110 x 37 x 6 cm

Entangled, 2010, broken plastic doll, wire, acrylic paint on wood, 45 x 45 cm

Invented in America, Made in China, Marketed in Egypt (detail), 2010, plastic dolls, acrylic paint on wood, thread, 125 x 102 x 6 cm

Invented in America, Made in China, Marketed in Egypt, 2010, plastic dolls, acrylic paint on wood, thread, 125 x 102 x 6 cm

Energy, 2010, synthetic resin, electric lights, 145 cm diameter

Making a Man Out of Him, 2010, recycled plastic dolls, recycled wooden box, acrylic paint, 30 x 20 x 10 cm

Elusive Kingship (detail), 2010, recycled plastic doll, wooden crutches, acrylic paint, 105 x 16 x 5 cm

Elusive Kingship, 2010, recycled plastic doll, wooden crutches, acrylic paint, 105 x 16 x 5 cm

Stepping on Nails, 2006, mixed media collage, recycled text pages, 65 x 48 cm

One Leg, 2006, mixed media collage on canvas, acrylic paint, 95 x 122 cm

Going Up … Going Down, 2006, mixed media photo collage on wood, recycled plastic dolls, 45 x 22 x 27 cm

Suma Teacher (detail), 2006, painted photo collage and wire mesh, 151 x 28 x 23 cm

Suma Teacher, 2006, painted photo collage and wire mesh, 151 x 28 x 23 cm

House Bound (detail), 2006, recycled mannequin legs, photo collage, 64 x 40 x 16 cm (each)

House Bound, 2006, recycled mannequin legs, photo collage, 64 x 40 x 16 cm (each)

Zan’a, 2006, synthetic resin head sculptures of the artist, electric lights, dimension variable

Bounty Dolls (detail), 2006, installation of 48 stuffed fabric dolls, acrylic paint, text, 37 x 24 x 2 cm (each)

My Mother’s Dollhouse, 2006, assemblage of recycled plastic dolls, mother’s photo, found wooden box, 32 x 16 x 10 cm

Masha Labyrinth, 2006, installation of stainless steel masha dolls and wood, 180 x 210 x 2 cm

Masha Labyrinth (detail), 2006, installation of stainless steel masha dolls and wood, 180 x 210 cm x 2

Colonial Fetish (detail), 2006, wall installation of found dolls on wood, 90 x 180 x 5 cm

Colonial Fetish, 2006, wall installation of found dolls on wood, 90 x 180 x 5 cm

One Arm, One Leg (detail), 2006, mixed media paper collage, 25 x 104 cm

Mashrabiyya Dolls (detail), 2006, wall installation of painted paper cutouts, 320 x 240 cm

Mashrabiyya Dolls, 2006, wall installation of painted paper cutouts, 320 x 240 cm

Duchamp’s Jaconde/Mummy (detail), 2003, mixed media collage, recycled wooden figurine, 65 x 45 cm

No to War, 2003, found dolls, recycled wooden paper holder, acrylic paint, 34 x 24 x 11.5 cm

Meditating Figures, 2003, recycled mannequins, papier mache heads of artist, Sufi text, 65 x 44 x 20 cm (each)

Carpet of Remembrance (detail), 2003, installation of painted wooden shoe molds, acrylic paint, mirror, Sufi text, 200 x 180 cm

Diary, 2000, collage, acrylic paint, recycled wooden box, 56 x 24 cm

Fayyum Inspirations (detail), 2000, sculpture, mixed media collage, acrylic paint on paper on wood, 11 x 32 cm

Fayyum Inspirations, 2000, sculpture, mixed media collage, acrylic paint on paper on wood, 11 x 32 cm

Hands Tied, 1997, acrylic paint and oil pastels on paper, 48 x 35 cm

The Secret of Silence, 1997, acrylic paint and oil pastels on paper, 64 x 90 cm

Woman Cut in Half, 1991, mixed media collage on brown paper bag, 26 x 16 cm