Rapid Fire Round: Getting to know Zaina El-Said in 10 Questions

Rapid Fire Round: Getting to know Zaina El-Said in 10 Questions

Zaina’s collage art focuses on assembling worlds into one, usually led by a protagonist; by mixing world cultures, architecture, motifs, archaeology, arts and nature into a single portrait to convey how human innovation works harmoniously with nature. Her works can be described as surreal, symmetrical, colourful and full of patterns.


  1. If you had a choice between two superpowers, being invisible or flying, which would you choose?

    Invisibility.

  2. What is your favorite 90s jam?

    Bon Jovi “Living on a Prayer.”

  3. What is the last thing you watched on TV and why did you choose to watch it?

    The Last Samurai, because I love historical movies.

  4. What would I find in your refrigerator right now?

    Labneh.

  5. What book are you currently reading?

    Just finished 'The Last of the Departed' by Bagrat Shinkuba.

  6. If you had to change your name, what would your new name be, and why would you choose that name?

    I love my name.

  7. What website or app doesn't exist, but you really wish it did?

    Apps that would fix pixeled images.

  8. What fashion trend needs to be brought back?

    The ‘30s.

  9. What kind of art do you appreciate the most?

    Renaissance.

  10. Three objects you can?t live without?

    My phone
    My computer
    Photoshop program

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