Projects
- Brexit & Non-British NationalsWith the effective date of Brexit looming as a matter of days, I was wondering wether there's a link between the referendum results and the proportion of non-British nationals in London's Boroughs. The map of London is inspired by After the flood's Chloropleth representation. Data Source: London Datastore - Electoral commission - Greater London Authority - Office for national Statistics - GLA
- #FirstTimeIwasHarassed - Hashtag Testimonies of Child-sexual Violence#FirstTimeIwasHarassed is a hashtag that widely spread in 2017 on social media in Egypt, and provided a plethora of testimonies on sexual harassment in Egypt. This huge amount of data provided invaluable insights into a traditionally silenced topic – sexual harassment and abuse against children. This report is based on the research of Harassmap, a volunteer-based initiative fighting against the cause. The report explores the trends emanating from #FirstTimeIwasHarassed so as to shed light on the
- Data in Pregnancy - A personal visualisation capturing the impact of pregnancy through data"Can a data visualization evoke empathy and activate us also at an emotional level, and not only at a cognitive one? Can looking at a data visualization make you feel part of a story of a human’s life?" (Lupi, Medium) This is the story of a pregnancy narrated using data. It shows a sensorial picture of this personal journey. This type of data visualisation was a way for me to tell a story that sheds light on a special human condition. The soft data, which is the more intimate type of data focu
- Carbon Dioxyde Emissions in London BoroughsThis project is about CO2 emissions in the 33 London boroughs and how they evolved from 2005 until 2015. In this visual my focus was to show that central London was the most polluted and that is caused by commercial and industrial activities, whereas it is very clear that the outer boroughs have less pollution. In these boroughs, the major source of CO2 emissions is domestic consumption. This might be the cause of a geographic but also an economic aspect. In this project, I tried to represent th
Work history
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Information designerSelf-employed
London, United KingdomFreelance
- Assist clients in visualising statistics and data in insightful ways, for them to be able to make new connections and reach increased levels of understandings.
- Provide graphic design support including for instance branding, corporate identity and publication designs.
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ArchitectTakween Integrated Community Development
- Cairo, EgyptFull Time
- Worked on the design of public spaces in collaboration with the UNHCR
- Conducted physical surveys to collect data for a pilot project aiming at upgrading one of the tunnels of an informal settlement in Cairo funded by the Swiss Embassy
- Documented and visualized one of the biggest informal areas in Egypt covering its infrastructure history, urban growth, housing typologies and others in collaboration with Laboratoire Architecture Ville Urbanisme Environnement funded by Agence Française de Développement
- Produced visuals from technical drawings for the Agha Khan award 2015
- Manually and digitally mapped, documented and studied heritage buildings in middle Egypt (Social interviews, physical surveys) in collaboration and funded by the British museum
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Skills
- Abobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Data Visualisation
- Infographics
- Nature Photography
- Information Design
- Adobe Indesign
- Graphic Design
- Data Graphics
- Data Journalism
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Design for Visual CommunicationUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
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Bachelor of Science (BSc), ArchitectureThe American University in Cairo
- Cairo, Egypt