Sharaf el din Bushara thought to be an architect of Nubian heritage, from Wadi Halfa (now Sudan). He is recorded as a student enrolled on the 1965-66 ‘Teacher Training’ course at the Architectural Association’s Department of Tropical Studies in 1965-66, successfully completing the course and being formally granted a Certificate in Tropical Studies in January 1967. Following graduation he appears to have worked on the Kaduna masterplan, for Max Lock and Partners, as a Design Assistant for Housing. Details of his subsequent career are not known to us beyond the fact that he designed a low-cost housing project at Hai Al-Hajar (As-Souq Ash-Shac bi), Khartoum, in 1972.

 Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register, 1945-71. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Council Minutes, 9th January, 1967
• Architectural Association Membership Register, 1969
• Architectural Association Membership Register, 1974
• Max Lock and Partners, ‘Kaduna, 1917, 1967, 2017: A Survey and Plan of the Capital Territory for the Government of Northern Nigeria,’ Praeger, 1968.
• Mufti, A., et al, ‘Low-cost housing projects in Khartoum with special focus on housing patterns.’ Habitat International, 26, 2002, pp139-157.