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MONA SELIM Aprt 1004, Sulafa Tower, Dubai Marina – Dubai, UAE Mobile: +971551061879

EDUCATION

Sept.14-Present Advertising and Design course at EMDI, Institute of Media and communication, Dubai, UAE.

Sept.04-Jun.05 Completion of coursework in partial fulfilment of work needed to achieve MSc. in Environmental Design and Planning. Grade: Very Good

June 2004 B.Sc. Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University Overall Grade: Good Graduation Project: Very Good First to Fourth year: Very Good Preparatory Year: Good Honour Prize, First National Architectural Competition for Students (Designing a Subway Station) during The First Conference of the Architectural Department, Faculty Of Engineering, Cairo University, February 2004

June 1999 Egyptian Baccalaureate, science, (93.75%), Collège de la Mère de Dieu, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt

WORK EXPERIENCE Jan 2012 - Present Freelance Architect and Interior Designer

- Interior designs for offices, residential villas and apartments - Construction drawings for designed spaces - Furniture design

Mar 2008 - Jan 2011 Interior Designer at Amr Omar Architects, Cairo, Egypt - Assistant to the Head of the Interior Design Department - Meeting with clients and contractors - Interior designs for residential villas and apartments - Construction drawings for designed spaces - Furniture design

Nov 2006 - Mar 2008 Architect and Interior Designer at Monolith office, Cairo, Egypt. - Reporting to the company’s president - Architectural design for commercial and residential buildings - Interior designs for residential villas and apartments - Construction drawings for designed spaces

Feb 2005 - Oct 2006 Junior Architect at MEGA Consultants, Prof .Naila Tolan.

- Interior designs for residential villas and apartments - Photoshop for designed spaces

Oct 2004 - Feb 2005 Internship at Petrojet (Petroleum Projects and Technical Consultations). Construction drawings for warehouses and workers rest houses.

Summer 2003 Internship at an architectural cabinet (MA Consultants), worked on a project of a private villa.

Summer 2002 Internship at an interior design cabinet (AN & PARTNERS), during the project of redesigning SAFIR HOTEL, Egypt (5 stars)

Summer 2001 Internship at the Construction Department of a Consultant Engineering firm (EHAF) For construction sites visit

Summer 2000 Assistant teacher in the French and Arts class in “THE LAND OF TALENTS SUMMER SCHOOL”

September 1998-2001 General preparation of « Euromoney Conference » in Cairo

Birth date: 24th of January 1982 Nationality: Egyptian E-mail: monaeselim@yahoo.com

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PROFESSIONAL COURSES Nov. 2007-Dec. 2007 Design, Art & Culture: Islamic Design Principles for the Modern

World – Prof.Ahmed Hamid

LANGUAGES Arabic: Mother tongue English: Excellent (Written and Spoken) French: Excellent (Written and Spoken) Certificat Pratique de Français des Professions Scientifiques et Techniques

de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris, June 1999 Diplôme de langue française (Alliance Française), Grade “Good”, 1998

COMPUTER SKILLS AutoCAD (2D, 3D) Architecture AutoDesk Adobe Photoshop 8 Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Junior Summer Program (JSP), American University in Cairo (AUC), 1996

& 1991. Skills learnt: public-speaking skills, communications skills, research skills.

Others: Reading, travelling (visited France, England, Italy, Switzerland, United Arab of Emirates, Tunisia, Spain, Indonesia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and United states of America), music, drawing, and playing sports (Tennis, Jogging, Swimming, Cycling, Hiking, camping, Scout (Head of Girls Scout in School 1996-1998)

Charity work (Tutoring street children).

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