Nour Abuzaid is Senior Researcher at Forensic Architecture where she conducts spatial research and creates computational tools for automation and visualisation. In her role as MENA liaison, she teaches FA research methodologies to collaborators in the region. She works on developing publicly accessible (web-based) research tools to disseminate to non-expert actors on the ground and support grassroots activism.

She completed an M.Sc. in Architectural Design at Istanbul Technical University. Her thesis was based on developing a multi-authorial computational system for simulating the bottom-up urban growth processes of the Old City of Damascus. Before joining Forensic Architecture, Nour worked as an architect in Istanbul.

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