I am an Egyptian composer, teacher, and musicologist, having served as the Director of the Umm Kulthum Museum, Ministry of Culture in Egypt (2011-2014), and currently, as an professor at Helwan University, Cairo, and founder of the Composer Music Atelier in Cairo.  I earned my Doctorate of Musical Arts in Composition from Arizona State University in the Spring of 2005.

Among other achievements and awards, I won the second prize in the International Women Composers Competition, Unna Library, Germany for my violoncello, bass clarinet and piano piece entitled Three.  I was commissioned by the Xenia Contemporary Ensemble to compose a piece celebrating the Nile River, and the resulting work, A River Inside us Running for string quartet, premiered at the Egyptian Museum in Turin in November 2012.  In November 2013, I enjoyed a five week residency in Berlin through the DAAD arts program.

In November 2017, I received a World Premiere of my 2nd string quartet, Ode to Manial, dedicated to the Manial Palace and Museum, a former Alawiyya dynasty era palace on Rhoda Island on the Nile.

My compositional style might seem shocking at first, but it is always authentic.  I blend at least two majors cultures in my work: Western & Eastern.  I was brought up in Muscat, Oman, and currently live near Cairo, Egypt.  My compositions are concerned with the self and the soul, and my music is concise and well constructed.

In my free time, apart from the world of art music, I enjoy exploring old cities, and having coffee with dear friends.