Mariam Abdelazim is an architectural designer, educator, urbanist, and historian. She is currently an assistant professor at the department of architecture. Before joining The American University in Cairo (AUC), Abdelazim worked in New York City as an architectural designer and taught history and theory courses and design studios at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the Michael Graves College of Architecture at Kean University. She also serves as an advisory board member at the Institute for Public Architecture. She was a TEDx Cairo Speaker and a jury member on architectural reviews at Pratt, Parsons, Syracuse, NJIT, and Georgia Tech.