Islam Allam is a self-taught digital artist who lives and works in Cairo, where he was born in 1992. Allam was attracted to the field graphic design from an early age and utilized digital softwares to experiment, create, and explore the digital world. Allam began to use his experience in graphic design to produce contemporary digital portraits based on a visual context that resulted from knowledge, research, and consideration of traditional and contemporary art movements. As a result, he came up with his own visual result to express his vision of creating and producing portraits that represent a different approach to this area of visual art.