Born in Basel, Switzerland, Suleika was brought up in a Sufi Islamic order which is based in Khartoum, Sudan. The first 20 years of her life were spent between going to school in Switzerland and travelling to Sudan, Egypt, the UAE or across Europe to practice with the Sufi order. In 2014 she moved to London to pursue a career in the creative industries and soon realised that she is most passionate about film photography. She now works as a fashion, portrait and documentary photographer who uses her images as a way to process her unique, and at times, confusing upbringing. Her personal work oftentimes explores themes such as spiritual practices and experiences, complex and hybrid identities, different forms of communities well as the human condition through a vulnerable yet feminist lens.
