Mirma Al Wareh is an architect, artist, researcher, and Co-founder of the Archive of Modern Architecture in Syria (AMASyria). She is currently a peer researcher at the Institute of Development Studies and the University of Stirling.

She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Damascus University and a Diploma in Cinematic Arts from the General Directorate of Cinema in Damascus, and is presently pursuing an MSc in Urban Development Planning at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London.

Mirma’s written and artistic practice explores the intersections of politics, society, architecture, and urban life in both modern and contemporary Syria. She recently authored The Physical Manifestation of City Dynamics in the Cinema Theatres of Damascus as part of a fellowship with Ettijahat – Independent Culture. She is also a current recipient of the Chevening Scholarship and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) Creative Writing Grant.