Meet the Author
Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop
Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop is an architect and curator based in Bahrain. She was the co-curator of ‘Reclaim’, Bahrain’s first participation at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010 that was awarded a Golden Lion, and the Deputy Commissioner General for Bahrain’s National Pavilion since the Expo Milan in 2015. Since 2015, she has been heading the ‘Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy’ UNESCO World Heritage project, which was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the 2019 cycle. She has built a number of temporary and permanent installations, and worked as an architect in Jerusalem, Amsterdam and New York. Her work has been exhibited internationally at several biennales and exhibitions of which the Lisbon Triennale, the Venice Architecture Biennale, the London Design Festival, the Seoul Biennale for Architecture and Urbanism and the Jeddah Islamic Art Biennale. She is currently at the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) as Advisor for Heritage Projects, where she is responsible for overseeing the planning and implementation of cultural institutions and museums, as well as advising on urban rehabilitation strategies. She holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and is a board member of the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, Palestine.
