Sabiha Al Khemir earned a PhD in Islamic art and archaeology from The University of London in 1990. She works as an independent museum consultant specializing in Islamic art and lectures internationally. She is a consulting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. She has curated several large-scale exhibitions of Islamic Art around the world, has consulted for the Metropolitan Museum, and has taught Islamic art at The British Museum. In 2008, she received an award from The United States President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities “in recognition of her work in cultural bridging.” She has an extensive publication record, including scholarly articles, several critically acclaimed exhibitions, and collection catalogs.
Where memory is the house of culture and knowledge; where the original council, separated by a cultural sidewalk that connects Muharraq with the intellectuals and writers of the world. The house itself, located at the heart of the city, opens its doors to cultural production in the fields of thought, literature, politics, philosophy, culture and art.
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