Meeza Ubaid is a member of the Global Facilitators’ Network under the 2003 Convention. She is based in Riyadh, for the project “Heritage and Creativity for AlUla’s Sustainable Development”, focusing on safeguarding living heritage through policy development and capacity-building initiatives.

Meeza holds a master’s degree in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development. Her areas of expertise include Community-Based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Management, Gender and ICH, and Safeguarding of ICH. With over eleven years of experience, Meeza has worked extensively with both tangible and intangible heritage, particularly among marginalized and minority communities. Since 2016, she has been actively involved in safeguarding the heritage of the Kalasha community in Pakistan. Her work also includes conducting community-based inventories of traditional practices among coastal fishing communities along the Pakistani coastline as well as the Thari community in Sindh. In addition to her fieldwork, Meeza has contributed to academia as a visiting lecturer at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and the National Engineering University (NED) in Karachi.