Riham holds a BA in Geography from BGU, and graduate studies in Urban Design from Bezalel. Riham’s final project at Betzalel investigated Bedouin women’s range of movement in the Negev, from spaces that are ‘forbidden’ to those that are ‘permitted’. 

She is currently working as an environmental consultant  and  has worked in the past with the Authority for Bedouin Settlement, the Ministry of Housing and the Planning Administration, and as a research assistant at both BGU and Bezalel.