Al-Qasimi PhD student in the Centre for Islamic Archaeology within the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. Her PhD research is focussed on the archaeological study of the Islamic period in the Iberian Peninsula from the 8^th century to the creation of the Nasrid kingdom in the 13^th century. 

She holds a master’s degree in history “de Europa a América, sociedades, poderes, Culturas” [From Europe to America, Societies, Powers, Cultures] by the University of Granada (Spain) and bachelor’s degree on Archaeology by the Universities of Granada, Sevilla and Jaén (Spain) with a mention on Archaeology of Al-Andalus.

Her specialist field as an archaeologist is the study of ceramics, mostly the Islamic medieval pottery from the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, using traditional methods and new technologies. She has experience in several archaeological excavations as supervisor as well as some teaching experience on laboratory work and fieldwork.