Sharjah Architecture Triennal Website Farida Makar is
pursuing a PhD in history at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on
the history of progressive pedagogy in Egypt between 1900 and 1952. She has
previously taught in the History Department at the American University in
Cairo, where she also worked as a senior researcher for the Law and Society
Research Unit. There, she focused on the relationship between law, knowledge
production, culture, and education.