List of Egyptian women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Egypt or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

A

  • Doaa el-Adl (born 1979), cartoonist
  • Inji Aflatoun (1924–1989), painter, activist
  • Mariam A. Aleem (1930–2010), printed design artist
  • Doa Aly (born 1976), contemporary artist
  • Ghada Amer (born 1963), contemporary artist, based in New York
  • Sawsan Amer (active since 1970s), artist, educator
  • Heba Amin (born 1980), artist, educator
  • Evelyn Ashamallah (born 1948), Coptic painter

B

  • Clea Badaro (1913–1968), painter
  • Lara Baladi (born 1969), Egyptian-Lebanese photographer, multimedia artist

D

  • Dina Danish (born 1981), French-born Egyptian multimedia artist

E

  • Hala Elkoussy (born 1974), artist, film director

F

  • Shahira Fahmy (born 1974), architect
  • Farida of Egypt (1921-1988)

G

  • Sherin Guirguis (born 1974), contemporary artist

H

  • Tahia Halim (1919–2003), painter
  • Zeinab Abd al-Hamid (1919-2002)
  • Nermine Hammam (born 1967), filmmaker, graphic designer, painter, photographer
  • Amira Hanafi (born 1979), American/Egyptian poet and artist active in electronic literature
  • Susan Hefuna (born 1962), German-Egyptian visual artist
  • Helena of Egypt (4th century BC), painter

I

  • Iman Issa (born 1979), multi-disciplinary artist

K

M

  • Maha Maamoun (born 1972), American-born Egyptian video artist and photographer, curator
  • Naglaa Mahfouz (born 1959), writer, editor, artist
  • Deena Mohamed (born c. 1995), graphic designer, graphic novelist, illustrator

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T

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