Ahlam bint Ali Abu Qaid

Professor of Modern and Contemporary History

Prof. Ahlam bint Ali Abu Qaid is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah. Her field covers the history of the Arabian Peninsula and the Kingdom in the modern era and its accompanying political and social transformations, alongside the history of the Two Holy Mosques and the Hijaz. Her academic work includes teaching, supervising graduate research and contributing to conferences and peer-reviewed journals, with a particular interest in documenting local historical narrative and the archival sources behind it.