Fatma Fahmy

Fatma Fahmy (b. 1991, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a documentary photographer, based in Cairo. Fahmy obtained a B. A degree in Chemical Engineering from Cairo University in 2013.

She focuses on environmental concerns and Social issues affected by the environment and migration.

In 2020, she was a recipient of the Daniele Tamagni Grant at the Market Photo Workshop which assisted her to join the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Programme. In 2020 she was named by the PhMuseum as one of the African Photographers you should know. She has been working with several local and international NGO’s since 2021. Clients include Reuters, Libération, Prier magazine, RVO, CNN, and National Geographic Magazine. Her photographs have also been exhibited in Ethiopia, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and the United Arab Emirates.