Manal Ataya
Consultant at the Sharjah Museums Authority .
|
Name in Arabic:
منال عطايا
|
|
|---|---|
|
Nationality:
Emirati
|
|
|
Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
|
|
Manal Ataya's Bio
Consultant at the Sharjah Museums Authority since June 2023, United Arab Emirates.
She has been a member of the Advisory Board of: “University of Sharjah” since January 2014, the Global Cultural Circles Network “ GCDN” since April 2019, and the “Make a Wish International Foundation” in the UAE since February 2020, in addition to Membership of the Board of Trustees at Hamilton College since October 2020.
She holds several positions at the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property “ICCROM”, namely: Chair of the jury for the “ICCROM Sharjah Award for Good Practices in the Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage” since March 2018, Special Advisor to the Director General in the Rome Branch, and Member of the Advisory Board of Sharjah branch since December 2014, and she has been a fellow at the Aspen Institute since January 2016.
She is a member of the committees of the College of Fine Arts and Design and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sharjah , and the Supreme Committee for the nomination file for the Heart of Sharjah area as a World Heritage Site in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) . She is also a speaker on the “ She is Arabic Platform .”
She served as Director General of the Sharjah Museums Authority between 2008 and 2023, and Deputy Director of the same authority between 2005 and 2008.
She holds a master’s degree in museum studies in 2004 from Harvard University in the United States of America, and a bachelor’s degree in graphic arts and communication sciences in 2001 from Hamilton University in the same country, in addition to a certificate in diversity and inclusion strategies in 2022 from the University of Cambridge in the Kingdom. United States, a leadership fellowship in 2010 from the Clore Duffield Foundation in the same country, and a leadership fellowship in 2018 from the ESPN Institute in the United States.




