Some of her first scholarly activities were evident in her Ph.D. dissertation, "The Palace of Sitt al-Mulk and Fatimid Imagery," London University, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK, 1990 [REF].
She authored a major work on figurative Islamic art ("Figures and Figurines, Sculpture from the Islamic Lands (7th-19th century)," Khalili collection Series, Oxford University Press and contributed to "Seals and Talismans," Khalili Collection Series (both forthcoming).