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.

Selected Exhibitions


Expedition Egypt, at the Museum of Art & 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


You Know My Name

Coming Soon

Shifting Sands, Carving Scars

Coming Soon

Suturing Wounds

2024 - Ongoing

Evil Eye Labyrinths

2024 - Ongoing

Home Outside of Home

2017 - Ongoing

Desert Studio

2013 / 2020