Fatma Ibrahim Al Sehlawi

Fatma Ibrahim Al Sehlawi, in Arabic: فاطمة إبراهيم السهلاوي, is an architect,^[1] artist, curator and businesswoman.^[2] She leads The Qatar Blueprint project, a national development programme.^[3] She co-curated the exhibition Making Doha 1950-2030 at the National Museum of Qatar, which used archival material, oral history and photographs to explore the architectural history of the city.^[4][5]

Al Sehlawi completed her degree in Architecture from the American University in Sharjah for a duration of seven years, taking a year-long break in order to gain experience in current architecture projects.^[6]

In 2015 she co-founded Atlas Bookstore with her sister Reem, based on their personal book collections.^[6][7] It is both a shop and a reading room and specialises in works relating to both urbanism and the natural world in western Asia and northern Africa.^[7]

The organisation also undertakes research into urban planning in the Arab world.^[6] The sisters' work as artists was featured in re:collection in 2022 at The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar.^[2] The same year she collaborated with British-Pakistani artist Shezad Dawood to create the Doha Modern Playground in Al Masrah Park.^[8] Designed as a playspace for children, its design was inspired by modernist buildings in the country, including Qatar Post, Qatar University, the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel, Qatar National Theatre and the Qatar Ministry of Information building.^[8][9]

Prior to this, in 2017, she collaborated with ceramicist Xeina Malki to recreate Qatari buildings for an exhibition at Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.^[10] The same year that she established her architectural practice Studio Imara.^[6] In 2025 her photography featured in the Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.^[11]