Khaled Malas

Khaled Malas (Arabic: خالد ملص)^[1] is a Syrian architect and art historian. He is principal and co-founder of the Sigil Collective,^[2][3] alongside Salim al-Kadi, Alfred Tarazi and Jana Traboulsi.^[4][5][6]

Malas studied architecture at the American University of Beirut^[7] and at Cornell University.^[8] He is currently a doctoral candidate in medieval Islamic Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.^[9][10] Prior to joining the Institute, he was an architect at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Herzog & de Meuron.^[8]

His work has been widely exhibited and published. Sigil's work has also been shown around the world including in Venice,^[11][12] Oslo,^[6] Annandale-on-Hudson,^[13][14] Beirut,^[15] Dubai, Marrakech,^[16] and Milan. He has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP),^[4] and at Columbia University's Columbia Global Center/Studio-X in Amman, where he led the second Janet Abu Lughod seminar, which focused on Qusayr Amra.^[17][18] Malas has also taught on Medieval magic at New York University,^[19][20] Arabic literature at the Cooper Union,^[21][22] and art and design history at the Pratt Institute.^[23]

Malas is a member of the Arab Image Foundation's General Assembly.^{[24][citation needed]}