Alyaa A. Taha is a Heritage Conservation and Partnerships Specialist with Manāra Policy & Practice, bringing expertise in architectural heritage conservation, stakeholder coordination, and community-centered heritage processes across Egypt and the Arab region. Alyaa most recently served as AlUla Partnership Coordinator with UNESCO in Paris, following two years as UNESCO Partnership and Programme Manager with the Royal Commission for AlUla in Saudi Arabia, where she coordinated heritage preservation initiatives, built relationships between government agencies, heritage institutions, and international partners, and facilitated collaboration on cultural heritage and sustainable development projects. Previously, she worked as an architect with MADA Architects in Egypt, served as Assistant Lecturer at the German University in Cairo, and worked as Architect/Researcher with Takween Integrated Community Development. She contributed to UNESCO's Urban Regeneration of Historic Cairo project as Historical Researcher/Field Surveyor, conducting historical research, field surveys, mapping, and conservation documentation for cemetery components. She also worked on the Athar Lina Project, facilitating workshops and meetings to develop al-Khalifa Street in Historic Cairo through collaboration between Egypt's Ministry of State for Antiquities and the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute, where she moderated participatory processes bringing together residents, government officials, and civil society. Her expertise spans architectural heritage conservation, urban regeneration in historic contexts, partnership coordination and stakeholder engagement, and participatory planning processes. She has contributed to heritage relocation studies for Heritage Malta at Fort St. Elmo in Valetta and worked on the TADAMUN initiative with Takween Integrated Community Development. Alyaa specializes in facilitating multi-stakeholder processes that balance technical conservation requirements with community needs and urban development priorities. Alyaa holds an MSc in Sustainable Heritage from University College London, where her dissertation examined managing architectural interventions in heritage through cross-cultural perspectives comparing King's Cross Station in London and Ramsis Station in Cairo, and a BSc in Architecture from The British University in Egypt. At Manāra, she advises on heritage conservation strategies, partnership development for cultural initiatives, and participatory planning for historic urban areas.