Nur has been working at Qatar Foundation since 2010. She is a Senior Architect at the Capital Projects Directorate working on a diverse portfolio of projects to achieve QF excellence in architecture vision. She is a QF heritage expert responsible for the safeguarding of the heritage sites inside Education City Boundaries.
She holds a master’s degree in Conservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings form the IUAV University of Venice –Italy (2007). And a B.Sc. in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Benghazi –Libya (2004) where she returned as an Assistant Professor before relocating to Qatar.
She is an active member of the Qatari heritage scene and has contributed extensively to conferences, talks and seminars. She was a founding member of ICOMOS Qatar in 2011, a Member of the Qatari Committee to the UNESCO 38th World Heritage Committee 2014, a participant in the QM-UCL Qatar Cultural Heritage Law working group in 2019 and a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Gulf Architecture Project founded by the Qatar National Library in collaboration with the University of Liverpool for 2019-2020.
She is currently undertaking PhD studies in architectural heritage, researching post-conflict recovery of built heritage in the Arab Region.
Contribution to Tasmeem
Workshop Reviving Third Places – a case study of an Education City cultural heritage site co-lead with Ethan Kent and Nihal Mohamed on March 3, 2024
