Dr. M. 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
2018 – PresentCIS, 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
1994American University in Cairo
1986Helwan University, Cairo
1979Cairo: AUC Press.
Cairo: AUC Press. http://www.aucpress.com/p-4949-ibn-tulun.aspx
2015In Barakat, H.N. (Ed.), The Arabesque: An Introduction. London & Malaysia: Islamic Art Museum Malaysia.
2018Cairo: Ludwig Publishing and AUC Press. http://www.aucpress.com/p-4228-the-history-and-religious-heritage-of-old...
2013Muqarnas X: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
1993Cairo Heritage in Honor of Laila ‘Ali, Cairo: AUC Press.
2000London & New York: Routledge.
1999Archaeological Society of Alexandria.
1987