Is a Visual Storyteller,Educator, and Entrepreneur, with more than 100 books and products under her belt. She is a leader in the field of children’s publishing in the MENA region.

Layal is the co-founder and creative director of Dar Waraqa and Radish House studio, based in Brooklyn. 

Layal earned her MFA from California State University and recently completed a  Georgetown University Women in Innovation Fellowship program followed by an Art Residency in Illustration at School of Visual Arts New York. Layal aims to continue nurturing her creative knowledge base as she supports others in the field of storytelling.

Driven by passion and more than a decade of experience practicing, teaching, and consulting, she is working to elevate the new generation of artists’ experience and prepare them for the exciting yet challenging world of visual storytelling and Illustration.