Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Arts & Design, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia

Dr. Norzalifa Zainal Abidin is a senior researcher and academician at the Department of Applied Arts and Design, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia. She pursued her degree from the School of Architecture, University of Central England in Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1994. She then further her studies in Master in Built Environment and Doctorate Degree in Built Environment specializing in the Islamic Arts and traditional mosques and graduated in 2012 from the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Survey, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia.