Fadhila Al Dhahouri is based in Manchester UK and Dibba, Oman, coming from a multi-cultural background of both Arab and South Asian. After graduating, she was elected as the first-ever Muslim, International Student SU President at Cardiff University. While working in the Embassy of Oman, London, she discovered Islamic geometry and co-founded the Global Centre of Islamic Art to transform Islamic art accessible to everyone and dedicated to organising, uniting and empowering the Islamic art community.