Mica Gallery Ltd recently incorporated in November 2009, (formerly www.IslamicArtandDesign.com) was founded by Reedah Nijabat El-Saie in 2007. The company specialises in Modern Islamic & Contemporary Art.
Reedah graduated in Law (LLB) from The London School of Economics and University College London (LLM) before qualifying as a barrister. She spent several years as a management consultant with Roland Berger & Partner before starting ‘ArRum’ in 2001. ArRum was the UK’s first club promoting Islamic art & culture, to a members list of more then 8,000 professionals, SMEs and students offering an art gallery, restaurant, business club, career mentorship and varied events diary. ArRum received extensive media coverage from the BBC, CNN, Channel 4 News, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Vogue. Reedah was recently listed in The Times/ Emel/ EHRC Muslim Womens Power List.
During her time at ArRum, Reedah purchased Dale Egee’s art consultancy based in Chelsea to form ArRum Egee Art Consultancy to source, promote and commission traditional and contemporary Islamic art. Since closing ArRum in 2003, Reedah has married, had two sons and completed a Foundation in Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design as well as a Diploma in Islamic Art at The Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture - VITA (Visual Islamic Traditional Arts) as well as a number of executive courses at SOTHEBY'S.
In addition to her commercial work, Reedah has worked on a voluntary basis with the public and third sector and has advised various charities and government on a wide variety of community/inter-faith issues, business strategy, concept development, PR & Marketing, expansion, fundraising and mentoring. She is a Trustee of LEAP Confronting Conflict, a member of the National Muslim Women's Advisory Group and MOSAIC's select committee amongst many other organisations.
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