Meet the Author
H.R.H Princess Wijdan Al-Hashemi
Artist, art historian, academic and diplomat, H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al-Hashemi carries a Ph.D. in Islamic Art from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (1993), University of London, and is a Fellow of SOAS (2010). She established the Royal Society of Fine Arts (1979) which founded the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (1980). She founded the Higher Institute of Islamic Art and Architecture at Al Al-Beit University in Jordan (1993) and the School of Arts and Design at the University of Jordan (2002). She was Ambassador of Jordan to Italy (2006-2011). She is the first scholar to write the history of modern and contemporary Islamic art (1987) and has over 21 publications. At present she continues writing and working in the arts.
