Yasmina is an Architect,
Cambridge Trust Scholar, and second year PhD Candidate at the Centre for
Urban Conflict Research (UCR), Department of Architecture, University
of Cambridge. Her PhD research looks at the construction of
missionary educational institutions in nineteenth-century Lebanon and
their role in the urbanisation of Beirut. Yasmina holds a B.Arch
(Distinction, 2010) with a minor in English Literature from the American
University of Beirut, and an M.Phil (Distinction, 2013) in Architecture
and Urban Design from the Architectural Association in London. Prior
to starting her PhD, she worked in various architecture studios including
Rafael Vinoly Architects & Planners in New York, Bernard
Khoury/DW5, Hala Younes/Aeta and Mariagroup Architects in Beirut. From
2013 to 2015 she taught design studios and theory courses at
the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese American
University. At Cambridge, she supervises the ARCT Part IB papers at
The Architecture of Housing and Islamic Architecture, and is co-editor
of the 28th issue of Scroope: The Cambridge Architecture Journal.