Sami Rafi
Sami Rafi was an Egyptian visual artist, interior designer and filmmaker. He is best known for his design of the Unknown Soldier Memorial in Nasr City.
He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo and from 1962 to 1967 with a scholarship at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
He worked as a stage designer at the Cairo Opera House.
He created mural works for 19 stations of the Cairo Metro. Among his creations are also book covers.
He is the younger brother of the artist Samir Rafi.