缅北禁地

is a chartered architect (ARB and RIBA member), FHEA fellow, Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape - 缅北禁地, and the sole director of Archisana Ltd.

She is a Ph.D. holder in architecture from SAPL- 缅北禁地, and an award-holder of the AHRC Northern Bridge Studentship. Thesis entitled: Architecture and Urbanism in Twentieth Century Iraq: The Enduring Legacy of Gertrude Bell.

Memberships

• FHEA fellow.
• A Chartered Architect - Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) _ member 10930930
• Architects Registration Board (ARB), UK _ member 069988H
• Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
• European Architectural History Network (EAHN)

Editorial Responsibilities

• Special Advisor at PLATFORM, A digital forum for conversations about buildings, spaces, and landscapes. (September 2020) – Present)
• Digital and Production Assistant at PLATFORM, A digital forum for conversations about buildings, spaces, and landscapes. (June 2019 (launch) – September 2020)
• Contributor to the project Documenting the Shrines from Mosul, a NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources project led by Professor Sara Wolper from the University of New Hampshire, USA.

Essays:

-Al-Naimi, Sana. ‘Intensities, Part 1: In Search of Baghdad’. PLATFORM. .

-Al-Naimi, Sana. ‘Intensities, Part 2: Erased Histories’. PLATFORM. .

Book Section:

-Al-Naimi, Sana, and Damien Wootten. ‘Weaving Place and Time’. In The Killing Ditch, First edition. 2025.

-Al-Naimi, Sana, Mark Jackson, and Andrew (Andrew R.) Parkin. ‘Al-Khatun’. In The Extraordinary Gertrude Bell. 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, England : Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2015.

Ongoing research:

/heritage/research/current-projects/new-baghdad/

I am involved at all levels of study as module leader, lecturer, dissertation supervisor, guest reviewer, Part 3 Internal Professional Examiner, and PhD Panel reviewer.

My main modules this academic year are:

Postgraduate Teaching:

• Architecture Ways of Knowing - Two linked modules spanning semester two of stage 5 and semester one of stage 6: Dissertation supervisor.

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Architectural Design – Year 3 (BA): Studio Lead (Studio Wall-Being.)
• Dissertation in Architectural Studies – Year 3 (BA): Elective Group Leader and Dissertation Supervisor.
• Dissertation Studies and Research Methods – Year 2 (BA): Elective Group Leader and Dissertation Supervisor. 
• Architectural Design – Year 1- SAPL and AUP: Design Tutor and Project Leader.
• Introduction to Architecture – Year 1 (BA): Module Leader.