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Engagements

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

Member of Jury (link)

North Africa Culture Programme

Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)

Nov 2019

Panel Member

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

Panel Member

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

Awards

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

Memberships

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

Publications

“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.

Exhibitions

WSA Degree Exhibition, 2014
Hoxton Arches Gallery, London, UK.

 

 


Cardiff Degree Show, 2014
Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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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

Interviews/Media

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:

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