Sabiha Çimen was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1986. She is a self-taught photographer, focusing on Islamic culture, portraiture and still life. 

Sabiha graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University with a Bachelor's Degree in International Trade and Finance, and went on to take a Masters Degree in Cultural Studies. Her Master's thesis on subaltern studies, which includes her photo story, is entitled ‘Turkey as a simulated country’, and was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2019. 

Sabiha has worked on her story entitled ‘Hafız: Guardians of the Quran’ since 2017, traveling to five cities in Turkey to produce ninety-nine portraits on medium format film. With this project, she participated in the World Press Photo Foundation’s Joop Swart Masterclass in 2018, was awarded 2nd prize in the long-term project category of the  ...