Other Work & Involvement

     Academic Organisation

•               Co-organiser Wolfson Lunch Time Seminars (2015-present). Wolfson College, Cambridge

•               Co-founded an African Archaeology Group (with some of my colleagues based at the Department of Archaeology University of Cambridge, 2007-    2018.

•               Co-organiser of the Heritage Research Group (2007-2011). Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

•               Co-organiser of the GreenBridge Society - based at CRASSH (2009-2012). University of Cambridge

        Professional Associations

                  2022  -Date          Research Fellow, School of Global Studies, Department of Anthropology and International Development, University of Sussex

                  2020   -Date       Member (SAFA) Society of Africanists Archaeologists

                  2020  - Date          Member of (EAA)  European Association of Archaeologists 

                  2015 - Date  Associate –The Indian Ocean World Centre

                  2014 - Date         Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson College Cambridge

                  2013 - 2015 Affiliated Fellow African Studies Centre, University of Cambridge

                  2013 - Date         Affiliated Research Scholar McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge

                  2013 - 2014 College Research Associate, Wolfson College Cambridge

                  2010 - Date         Member of (SARS) Sudan Archaeological Research Society, British Museum

                  2009 - Date           Member Australia ICOMOS- Historic Environment 

                  2009 - Date         Member of (SAS) Sudan Archaeological Society, Khartoum- Sudan

      Committees

                2018- to date        Member of  Wolfson College Development Committee

                2018-2019             Member of Wolfson College  Student Experience Committee

         Community Engagement

               2014                           2014        PAT, Oman Oasis Project, Oman. Community outreach project. Funded by the National Geographic 

                                   2012                           Lejre experimental park, Denmark (encouraged  community participation and to take active role in the project by telling us their stories) 

                                  2008-9                       Suakin, Sudan (encouraged community involvement in the project and building rapport with the community )                 

                                  2007                           Suakin, Sudan (Community engagement,  encouraged community participation, collaborative work with the community )

                       Exhibitions and Poster Presentations

                                  2019                    Poster Presentation, Red Sea IX, Lyon, France (Co-authored)

          2013                            Poster Presentation,  AARD (African Archaeology Research Day), Sainsbury Institute  For Art, University of East Anglia

                                  2011                            Poster presentation, Wolfson College research day, University of Cambridge (Co-authored)

                            2009                            Participated and contributed (material) for an Exhibition – displayed at the University of Exeter,  Institute of Arabic and       

                                                                    Islamic Studies,  April 2009, afterwards it was exhibited at the  University of Khartoum  and Port Sudan

                   Outreach Projects

                           2012-2015             Festival of Ideas. Prehistory Day,  Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge 

                           2015            Civilisations in Contact (CIC), Wolfson College, University of Cambridge

                                 2014            PAT, Oman Oasis Project, Oman. Community outreach project. Funded by the National Geographic 

                                 2009            Participated with (HEFA) ‘The Higher Education Field Academy’, based at  McDonald Institute For Archaeological Reserved,

                                                                        University  of Cambridge

                     Voluntary Work

                                  2014 May- July          Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge (Discovery Exhibition)

                                  2014-2015           Festival of Ideas. Prehistory day

                                  1997-2000           Fund Raising Secretary ‘The 300 Hundred Club’, The Perse School, Cambridge

                                  1996 -2000          Programme Organiser ‘Anglia Holiday Club’, Cambridge Branch. I organised activities for children age  6-16 (Including visiting  

                                                                                museum   and theaters).

                                  1995- 2000                   Administrator and Fund raising ‘The Arabic School’ - Cambridge, Co-founded the School.

                                  1992- 2000            Assistant Leader ‘5th Cambridge Scout Group’, The Perse School (included visiting cultural places).

                                  1994-2000            Committee member and organiser ‘Perse Parent Association’, The Perse School, Cambridge

                                  1996-2005           Committee member and organiser ‘Perse Parent Association’, The Perse School for Girls.

                                  1986- 1990           Organised International fairs, taught Arabic to non-Arabic Speakers, 'Kuwait’.                                                                                                                                                          

Languages 

Arabic (mother tongue), English (fluent)