Ahmadiyya Ibrahim al-Nu‘san is a researcher and editor specializing in travel literature, as well as the critical editing and historical and literary analysis of classical texts. Among her most notable works is her critical edition and study of the 19th-century travelogue by ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Baghdadi al-Dimashqi, which documents his journey to Brazil. In this project, she drew upon a wide range of manuscripts, documents, and other sources to examine the context, content, and the literary and linguistic characteristics of the account. For this work, she was awarded the Ibn Battuta Prize for Travel Literature, in recognition of her scholarly efforts to revive this rare travel text.