Dr. Tarek Swelim is Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at CIS. He obtained his PhD from Harvard University,, and a Master of Arts degree from the American University in Cairo. Dr. Swelim is the author of Ibn Tulun: His Lost City and Great Mosque (AUC Press, 2015). He is currently completing his new book on Mamluk history.
Dr. Swelim has recently contributed to the new exhibition catalogue, ‘The Arabesque: An Introduction’ (IAMM Publications, 2018), which was launched at the British Museum in London.
CIS, HBKU
2014 – PresentOxford University
May 2019Ain Shams University, Egypt
2012 – 2013American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), Cairo
2000 – 2001BAYT AL-SUHAYMI DOCUMENTATION AND RESTORATION PROJECT, Bayt al-Suhaymi (17th Century Home in Cairo)
1994 – 2000American University in Cairo
1991 – 1997Harvard University (USA)
1994American University Cairo (Egypt)
1986Helwan University (Egypt)
1979Cairo: AUC Press. http://www.aucpress.com/p-4949-ibn-tulun.aspx
2015The Arabesque: An Introduction. London & Malaysia: Islamic Art Museum Malaysia.
2018The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo: Its Fortress, Churches, Synagogue and Mosque. Cairo: Ludwig Publishing and AUC Press. http://www.aucpress.com/p-4228-the-history-and-religious-heritage-of-old...
2013Swelim, M.T. (1993). An Interpretation of the Mosque of Sinan Pasha in Cairo. Muqarnas X: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
1993Reconsidered. Cairo Heritage in Honor of Laila ‘Ali, Cairo: AUC Press.
2000[Photography by Tarek Swelim]. Archaeological Society of Alexandria.
1987