Tarek Al Ghoussein received a BFA in photography from New York University in 1985 and an MA in photography from the University of New Mexico in 1989. He is currently an associate professor of photography in the School of Architecture and Design at the American University of Sharjah. Prior to joining the University in 1998, he taught in the United Kingdom and Egypt. Recent work has appeared in international juried exhibits in the United States, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Holland, and Syria. Tarek Al-Ghoussein’s work is in permanent collections in Europe and the Middle East, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The Royal Photography Museum in Copenhagen, and Darat Al Fanoon in Amman.