Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

Aga Khan Museum

Week of Jun 1 - Jun 7, 2026

Opening times this week: 1st – 7th Jun

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10am – 5:30pm
Wednesday: 10am – 8pm; BMO Free Wednesdays 4 – 8 pm
Thursday: 10am – 5:30pm
Friday: 10am – 5:30pm
Saturday: 10am – 5:30pm
Sunday: 10am – 5:30pm

Open all statutory holidays, except Dec 25.

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Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is the Founding Director of the Khatt Foundation and Khatt Books publishers in Amsterdam. She works as an independent design curator, researcher, writer, designer, and publisher. She holds degrees in graphic design and design history from Leiden University (PhD, 2017), Yale University (MFA, 1990), and Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, 1987). Dr Smitshuijzen AbiFarès specialises in typographic design research and Arab design history. She is the author of several seminal books on the topic. She is editor in chief of Khatt Books’ Arabic Design Library series, and has authored two books in this series.