Matthew Ismail

Mathew Ismail is nothing if not curious. He has four Masters Degrees - ranging from Modern European Intellectual History to Islamic History--and has published the revised edition of Wallis Budge: Magic and Mummies in London and Cairo (Dost Publishing, 2021), a book based on research in the archives of the British Museum, British Library, and Oxford University. 

Matthew worked at universities in Dubai and Cairo from 1999-2011, which allowed him to get to know long-lost Syrian cousins and to travel throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. His children were born in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and they grew up mostly in Cairo.