[3] During her stay there, she was exposed to the art movements of the time, including surrealism, with which she experimented in her paintings.

She remained in Paris until 1932, and then returned to Egypt, where she lived for the rest of her life, though she travelled widely, and spent extended periods of time in England and the US.

[4] She held several solo exhibitions in Egypt and abroad, and received recognition for her depictions or Egyptian landscapes and people.

Shortly before her death, she concluded an agreement with the American University in Cairo to preserve her work.

Her entire atelier was transferred to the AUC, where it remains as part of the university's art collection.