Her experience of the Middle East has informed many of her recent compositions including "The "Travels of Ibn Battuta" for the Maggini Quartet, (part one premiered in Dubai, Feb 2012). The brass fanfare "The Falcon and the Lion" was commissioned by the British Embassy in Dubai for the Queen's visit to Abu Dhabi, (Nov 2010 ) and her work for solo piano "The Hidden Desert", (Jan 2011) a piece reflecting on the changing landscape of Dubai through fifteen years of aerial photographs.