Alaa Awad is an Egyptian-based painter and lecturer .The work of the artist Alaa Awad reminds you of the glorious pharaonic heritage of Egypt by using traditional motives from temples and graves and putting them into a relation with the present time.Alaa Awad graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts Luxor of the South Valley University in 2004. He received his master's degree from Faculty of Fine Arts of Zamalek Helwan University Cairo in 2012.