Dr. Ali-de-Unzaga completed her doctorate in the anthropology of art focusing on Moroccan textiles at the University of Oxford. She had previously obtained her master’s degree in Islamic civilization from the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. She has researched and published on Medieval North African and Andalusi textiles. During her fieldwork, she lived with a family of Moroccan Berber weavers, at which time she undertook an apprenticeship of 20 months.

Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship participant
Fellowship Year: 2008