Qaisra M Khan is a curator specializing in the Arts of Pilgrimage. She has a law degree and an MPhil in Oriental Studies from Cambridge University as well as an MA in Islamic Art and Architecture. She worked for the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar and then joined the British Museum as the co-curator for the acclaimed and pioneering 2012 exhibition, Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam. Qaisra has lectured and broadcast globally on the arts of Muslim pilgrimage and has been Curator for Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage at the Khalili Collections in London for ten years. Qaisra’s publications include Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage and she is editor of a significant two-volume compilation of essays Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage, Essays in Honour of Nasser David Khalili. She is also co-curating an important new exhibition entitled William Morris & Art from the Islamic World.