She studied art at the Sorbonne Design School and at the Ecole Perparatoire Penninghen in Paris and attained a Bachelor’s Degree from the Ecole Spéciale D'Architecture, Paris. Interested in pushing construction and manufacturing processes and learning from different disciplines, she joins design with production. Alya has worked in architecture, design and manufacturing firms in Cairo including Tasmimat and Ultra Design and is currently working on creating cheap housing by assembling materials through digital fabrication. Alya is pursuing her Master’s Degree at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL. Her work has been featured in publications such as Frame and Courrier de L'Architecte.