Ms Al-Tamimi has an MPhil and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from Massey University, NZ; a BA in English Literature from Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching from Trinity College, Dublin. At CAIS, Ms Al-Tamimi has used her specialist skills to teach courses in Arabic Linguistics and Literature. She has also taught Arabic for the Department of Immigration and the Canberra Institute of Technology in Canberra.