Merham holds an MSc degree from Ain Shams University and works as a lecturer assistant at Urban Design and planning Department at the same university since 2016. She had been a PhD fellow at Oxford Brookes University for two years (2018 & 2019), as part of her PhD study. Merham was a member of the organization committee of the Eco Cities World Summit 2015, her role was mainly focusing on highlighting the Arab region profile. Merham has several publications on the relation between the urban settings and people’s perceptions in Cairo, Egypt. She is also a certified reviewer from the web of sciences – publons platform. In addition, she has been an assistant editor for a special issue in the Journal of Public Spaces. Merham has been advocating for the importance of public spaces and is now among the Public Space Advisory Board (Early Career) - City Space Architecture. Merham was recently elected as a trustee at Landscape Research Group.