title: Nihal Mazloum
text: # Nihal Mazloum
  
  Nihal Mazloum (born January 23, 1951) is a Paris-born Egyptian-Canadian artist.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Mazloum was born in Paris, France, in 1951 into an affluent family of Turkish-Egyptian ancestry.
  
  She grew up in Cairo and received her bachelor's degree in anthropology from The American University in Cairo; thereafter, she left Egypt to study ethnology in Paris. Mazloum remained in France for seven years and then immigrated to Canada in 1978.
  
  ## Career
  
  During her time in Paris, Mazloum underwent advanced training in metalwork and, by 1979, she opened a workshop in Montreal, Canada, where she began to display her jewellery.
  
  Mazloum has participated in various craft shows, as well as exhibitions in Canada and the United States. Several of her jewellery pieces are displayed in the Canadian Museum of Civilization's collection.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  She lives in Montreal.
  
  