Mariam Al-Mulla

GRM 2014 Workshop: Representing the Nation – the Use of Heritage and Museums to Create National Narratives and Identity in the GCC

Senior Curator - Qatar Museums Authority

Mariam Ibrahim al-Mulla is an art historian, and holds an M.A. in Art History and a Ph.D. in Museum Philosophy. She is a curator at Qatar Museums Authority, having held the position of director of Qatar National Museum (1999-2001), curator at the Orientalist Museum (2001-2003), and curator and member of the Project Group for the Costume and Textile Museum (2003-2005). She has organised and participated in various Qatari cultural exhibitions, locally and overseas. She has presented on heritage, culture and museums, and writes articles for newspapers, journals and books on Qatari culture and heritage. Her published work includes contributions to “Reimagining Museums: Practice in the Arabian Peninsula,” and the forthcoming “Museums and the Material World: Collecting the Arabian Peninsula,” both published by MuseumsEtc.