QaedAA@cardiff.ac.uk |

Abeer is interested in Heritage and Conservation of Buildings. She received her Master’s degree in Sustainable Heritage: Conservation of Buildings from University College London in 2013. Her research was oriented on Reconstruction of Cultural Identity in Post-War Rehabilitation Projects in Middle East. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from University of Bahrain in 2009. Abeer has eight years of experience in Research and Teaching Assistance in University of Bahrain where she has been teaching Conservation of Buildings and Vernacular Architecture courses besides Architectural Design studios. She is currently doing her PhD research under Dr. Magda Sibley supervision in the topic of Investigating Community-Led Hybrid Passive and Active Energy Systems for Urban Heritage Retrofit: In the Context of Urban Heritage Transformed by Transcultural Communities. The research will be focused on the Case Study of Historic Core of Manama City -Bahrain.