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Dr. Samaa Al Hashimi is an Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Graphic Design in the Department of Communication, Tourism and Arts at the University of Bahrain. She holds a PhD and MA in Design for Interactive Media from Lansdowne Center for Electronic Arts / Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, and a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design / Fine Arts (Minor) from the Lebanese American University of Beirut. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from York St John University in the United Kingdom, a Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing in Ireland, and she is a certified Microsoft Educator. She is also Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in UK. In 2014, she founded the Bachelor of Arts and Design program at the University of Bahrain in cooperation with Dr. Samia Engineer and worked as the program coordinator for several years thereafter. In 2016, she developed the curriculum for the BA in Communication program in cooperation with Dr. Kamal AlGharbi and all faculty members in the Communication Department. She has extensive academic experience in various research, artistic and technical fields including creative design, interactive design, graphic design, animation, design of children's stories, design of advertisements and corporate branding, packaging design, web development and interactive games, and digital marketing. She participated in a number of committees, including the jury of the Sheikh Nasser Award for Youth Creativity, the Advisory Committee for the Electronic City of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Jury for the Bahraini Women Pioneers Award and the Social Media Award organized by the Social Media Club in Bahrain. She gave a number of lectures and workshops and published a number of scientific papers in prestigious international journals and conferences in various countries of the world, including China, the United States, Britain, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Sri Lanka, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Morocco. She won the Europrix Top Talent Quality Seal Award for the best talent in electronic games in 2006, the Arab Award for Excellence and Scientific Creativity from the Arab Center for Research and Media Studies in 2019, and the Honorary Excellence and Creativity Certificate from the Young Minds Organization in Libya in 2019.


ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4355-8699

Scopus Author ID: 23396175700