Mervat Allam (b.1982), graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Art from the American

University in Cairo in 2004. Her work has been shown at Darb 1718, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Sharjah Art Gallery, AUC, Cairo, Ubuntu Gallery, Cairo, Palace of Arts Zamalek, Cairo, Goethe Institute, Cairo, and Akhenaton Gallery, Cairo.  Her paintings are in the collections of The American University in Cairo and the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art. Allam lives and works in Cairo, Egypt.