Representative of the Cultural Heritage Working Group,
within the Mediterranean Culture Theme
of the Dialogue de Deux Rives Mediterannean Forum,
by the French Foreign Affairs & Expertise France
2021 - present
Co-Investigator & Supervisor of Research Assistants
Seed Project on Heritage in Libya
with Anglia Ruskin University
2021 - present
Member of Scientific Committee
Public Archaeology in the Mediterranean Conference
2021 - present
Research Fellow
American Institute for Maghrib Studies
2020-present
Selected Speaker
Pre-COP Youth: Climate Heritage Narratives
2021
Researcher / Participant
North African Policy Initiative, Young Policy Leaders
2020-2021
Artist & Contributor (link)
Kashkoul on Collective Resistance, by Waraq Art Foundation
2020
Fellow / Local Observer
The Observatory of Oriental Heritage
2019 - present
Delegate / Member of Drafting Committee
UNESCO's Arab World Heritage Young Professionals Forum
ALECSO Tunis; Dec 2019
North Africa Culture Programme
Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)
Nov 2019
Conference: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on
Cultural Heritage in Conflict: Constuction/Reconstruction
Organised by: Arab-German Young Academy,
Hosted by: American University of Beirut
Beirut; Oct 2019
Conference: Public Archaeology; Access, Barriers, and Participation
PATC4 Sept 2019
Delegate
Mediterranean Youth: We Act, You React
Reseau EuroMed France
Tunis; April 2019
Delegate / Alumna
UNESCO's IYF3: Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Roads
UNESCO Beijing & The Republic of China
China; April 2019
Guest Speaker
USAID Implementing Partners Meeting
Tunis; March 2019
Member of Jury
Hult Prize: University Campus/Tripoli
Global Competition; Dec 2018
Mentor
Business Networking Event (BNE 2018)
MEDA, Libya Economic Empowerment Program (LEE)
Tripoli; Dec 2018
Increasing Appetite for Digital Technologies among Young Cultural Heritage Defenders
UNESCO/European Union Net-Med Youth
Dec 2018
Independent Expert/Author
Country Profile: Culture Sector and Legislations in Libya
European Union / MedCulture
July - Oct 2018
Chairman of the Jury
Deutsche Welle (DW) Akademie/European Union Delegation
Photography Contest for Libya 2018
July - Sept 2018
Guest Speaker
at Art Out discussion session,
Hosted by: WaraQ Art Foundation
Old City, Tripoli; May 2018
Alumna
Goethe Institute - Kulturakademie
Berlin/Tunis; July 2017 - present
Alumna
International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP)
U.S. Department of State
Nominated by: U.S. Embassy in Libya/Tunis
USA; Nov 2017
Alumna
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Expertise France & SLIEDSE
Sponsored by: European Union
Tunis; Oct 2017
Alumna
Cultural Leaders Program: Citizenship & the Arts
Réseau EuroMed France
Marseille; Dec 2016
Fellowship on Archaeology in Libya
American Institute of Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
2019-2022
Opler Grant for Emerging Scholars
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
2020
Fellow
Congress: Off the Beaten Track
International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA)
Sponsored by: British Council
Leeuwarden, Netherlands; June 2018
Honorary Citizen
of the City of Pensacola
Presented by Mayor, City of Pensacola,
Florida, USA; November 2017
Environmental Strategy Award
First Place Winner
Environmental Design, Dr. Sergio Altomonte.
University of Nottingham, UK
2008
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
2020
The Association of Critical Heritage Studies;
Dec 2017 - present;
The General Union of Arab Archaeologists;
2017 – present
Libyan Heritage Rescue Team;
Tripoli, Libya; Sept. 2016 - present
International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA);
2018 - 2019
The Student Association at the Welsh School of Architecture;
2013 - 2014
Student Membership at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); 2009 - 2010
“Inventing Heritage – Dialogues on the Politics of Medievalism between the Balkans and the World”, Inventing Heritage, Viewpoints series, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022.
“The Excluded Archaeology of Tripoli: Obstructions by Management and What Communities Reveal”, American Institute for Maghrib Studies, 2022.
“Authentic Orchestrations and Orchestrated Authenticity: Local Uses of the Marcus Arch in Tripoli”, Public Archaeology in the Mediterranean Journal, 2021.
“Une Nation de Cultures Plurielles”, Cahiers du REF No. 7, Analyses & Temoignages Libye, une histoire heurtée, un present énigmatique, une société engage, 2021.
“Promoting Social Reconciliation through Participatory Cultural Production in the Old City of Tripoli”, North African Policy Initiative and The Fletcher Journal of Human Security, 2021.
The World Heritage Convention and what it leaves behind, Public Archaeology Conference, 2020.
“Creer des Espaces de Convergences Pour Preserver le Patrimoine Culturel a Tripoli”, Cahier du REF No. 5, Les Droits Culturels et Poetiques Autour de la Mediterranee, Reseau EuroMED France, 2019.
Country Profile on the Libyan Culture Sector: Governance, Legislations, and Consumption, Med Culture by the European Commission, 2019.
WSA Degree Exhibition, 2014
Hoxton Arches Gallery, London, UK.
Cardiff Degree Show, 2014
Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Theatre Displaced, 2013
Cardiff, UK
Installation exhibited in:
Cardiff Museum Entrance Grounds;
Cardiff City Centre; The Old Theatre; and
at the Welsh School of Architecture.
Architecture Exhibit, 2010
Department of the Built Environment
University of Nottingham
Reem's interview with
German Culture Council’s Kulturrat is published in the 10/19 issue:
Reem's interview with
EU Neighbours South
Interview about Reem's engagements with French organisations in Marseille:
Libya Channel's Mawtini, featuring an interview with Reem for a discussion about heritage protection efforts in the Old City, Tripoli.
(Ar)
Projects and events managed by Reem have been covered by local and international media and programmes, including:
Libya Channel; LPC; Libya Al Ahrar;
Libya Al Watania;
Radio Alsa'a;
Tafael Kheir;
REUTERS;
Al Jazeera News;
Al Jazeera Live;
Sky News;
and
BBC Media Action.
Al Jazeera News' report on Scene event in the Old City
(Ar)
For more media coverage/interviews, please visit: