Chahinda KarimChahinda Karim (1943-2021) was adjunct
professor of Islamic art and architecture at the American University in Cairo,
where she held full-time teaching positions during several intervals from 1984
onward. She was also adjunct professr at Helwan University for almost twenty
years. She obtained her BA and MA from the American University in Cairo, and
her PhD in Islamic art and architecture from Cairo University. She wrote widely
on Mamluk architecture, particularly the Bahri Mamluk period, for journal
articles and collected volumes.