Elsheikh, Samia

Samia Elsheikh, Prof. Dr. , received her PhD through a channel program between the two Universities of Helwan and New York in 1993. She is a Professor of Art Education, teaches hand weaving, at the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Egypt and the King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia. She was a visiting professor, teaching fiber arts at the American University in Cairo. She is a member in national and international organizations, and vice president of InSEA. Her research interests have spanned in-service arts education and fiber arts issues. Her last publication is about art education in the Middle East: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Arts Education. She has been showing her art works in solo and group shows.