She holds a PhD and MA in design from The Nottingham Trent University, and BA in textile printing from Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt. Dr. Baba have served as textile design educator in the college of Fine Arts & Design at Sharjah University for more than 9 years (2009-2017) and many other university in the region. Her creative work and research focus on identity issues, visual culture and transformation of design education and. Her book “Nubian Symbols” published by LAMBERT Academic Publisher represent an integration of technology in contemporary textile.