She studied from 1966 to 1967 at Harvard University under the direction of Professor John E. Murdoch.[1] She obtained in 1977 a PhD for her analysis of the treatise Kitāb al-mafrādāt li Aqāţun (Book of Assumptions of Aqātun) under the supervision of Prof. Evert Marie Bruins and Prof. Juan Vernet.[2][3]