Marwa received her master degree in environmental planning and design in 2006 and her PhD in conservation of vernacular architecture in 2011 from Lund University in Sweden. In her research work, Marwa mainly applies a transdisciplinary approach through participatory action research methods. She has participated in several design projects in Egypt, the MENA region, and Europe. She received the Swedish Elna Bengtssons foundation prize for scientific research in 2012 for her PhD project in the Western Desert of Egypt. Marwa has several publications and lectures in the fields of conservation, environmental design, and BioGeometry.