Portrait of Mme Ismaïl Mazloum

The painting is of the artist’s niece, Nevine Sirry. She was the daughter of former prime minister Hussein Sirry and Nahed Saïd, one of Mahmoud Saïd’s sisters. Nevine’s first husband was Ismaïl Mazloum, Mahmoud Saïd’s cousin.

For more, see the photo gallery of Egyptian modern art from Rawi magazine's Issue 8 available online (link in details).