Born in the early seventies, Bibi has lived in New York City, Tehran, Baltimore, Hamburg, Santiago de Chile, Bujumbura, Nairobi, Khartoum, Pristina, Monrovia and Bangui. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University and her Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. Having received informal art and design training during the course of her life, Bibi has engaged in travel photography since 1996. Her images have been published predominantly in internet cultural magazines and featured in fundraising events.