Fida Touma is currently the general director of the A. M. Qattan Foundation. Previously she worked in cultural heritage conservation as director of the Old City of Jerusalem Revitalization Program at Taawon (2014–2017), and as an architect and, later, co-director of Riwaq – Centre for Architectural Conservation (2000–2014). She holds a BSc in architectural engineering from Birzeit University and an MA in public policy and administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.