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Noura Al Sayeh

Noura Al Sayeh is an architect and curator based in Bahrain. She has built a number of temporary and permanent architectural installations and was the co-curator of Reclaim, Bahrain's first participation at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010 and the deputy commissioner general of Heatwave Bahrain’s pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, both awarded a Golden Lion for best national participation. . Since 2015, she heads the Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy UNESCO World Heritage project, which received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture as part of the Muharraq Revitalization project in 2019. She is the curator of the upcoming 2026 Design Doha Biennale.