My name is Sara Sallam.
I’m a multidisciplinary artist-researcher.
I grew up in Cairo and now live in Delft.
I work with still and moving images,  
and self-publish handmade books.

Latest Exhibitions


Expedition Egypt, at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels
An Expression of Absence, at Magnum Foundation in New York

Bound Narratives: A Photobook Library, at Museo Novecento in Florence 

Visions of Ancient Egypt, at Sainsbury Centre in Norwich

Selected Works


A Broken Circle of Sisters

Coming Soon

You Know My Name

Coming Soon

Suturing Wounds

2024 - Ongoing

Evil Eye Labyrinths

2024 - Ongoing

Home Outside of Home

2017 - Ongoing

Desert Studio

2013 / 2020