Artist
Huda Lutfi
Title
The Other
Year
2007
Medium
Aluminium
Dimensions
140 × 40 × 12 cm

The Other, 2007

Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai

● Artist

Huda Lutfi

Cultural historian Huda Lutfi is a self-taught artist. After graduating with a PhD in history from McGill University, Montréal, in 1983, she returned to her home country, where she taught at the American University in Cairo (AUC) until 2010. Among other courses, she introduced several new ones focusing on Sufism and gender dynamics. In 1991-1992, she also taught at Harvard University, Cambridge.

● Patron

Chakkour Collection

The Chakkour family live and work in Dubai, and love to support the regional art scene, building a small collection of works from the region and the broader Arab world.