Samah gained her PhD in Computer Engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt and brings to Media Design School more than a decade of teaching experience.
Over this time, she has taught a range of computing subjects, specialising in software engineering for games, artificial intelligence, game history and design. In addition, Samah regularly supervises research projects in software engineering and game development fields.
She also possesses five years of industry experience, where she worked as an R&D engineer, in addition to extensive research experience in different computer disciplines.
Samah is passionate about helping students find pathways into the software engineering industry and actively engages in initiatives aimed at creating opportunities for high school students, such as Girls in Games.