Alia Al Shamsi

Alia Al Shamsi (born 1982) is an Emirati author. She is the Cultural Programming Manager at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Life Al Shamsi is an Emarati Italian. She was born in Dubai in 1982. Al Shamsi graduated with a photography degree in 2014 from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Four years later she was awarded a master's degree from Durham University.

In 2019, she was the Acting Cultural Programming Manager at the Louvre Abu Dhabi art museum. In 2021 she was profiled as a female leaders of note in the MENA region by Entrepreneur magazine.

In 2024 she was still at the Louvre Abu Dhabi as the Cultural Programming Manager. thumb

Works In 2014 her children's book Alayah was published. It was illustrated and it concerned a story about a girl with sand in her hair. The book was included in "Reading in Arabic Challenge" by Dubai Culture. Al Shamsi holds awards including British Council Cultural Leadership International 2010, EDAAD Scholarship 2007, and 2011 Emirates Woman Artist of the Year.