Samar Baiomy, a visual artist, conceptual photographer and painter, born in 1990, lives and works in Alexandria. She studied painting in the faculty of fine arts in Alexandria 2012, she learned photography and video art when she enrolled in a grant for 2 years in École supérieure d'art Aix-en- provence, France. Samar is mainly interested in documenting people's lives, especially memories of homes, whether inhabited or not, and representation of the self. She works also with photography in an expanded sense in which her photos operate on the ruined memories, in hope of reviving those memories by saving them, whether through photos, videos, or mixed media. Her works have been exhibited and won many prizes in many countries ( the UK, USA, France, Saudi Arabia...)