Raquel Carvalheira holds a PhD in Anthropology at Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon and is a member of the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA). Her study analysed transformations of kinship practices in Morocco, with a particular attention on how it affects women’s social position and status in family dynamics. Her research topics also include cultural and religious heritage practices on Arab countries, as a research fellow in the projects Portuguese Castles aboard II. Heritage, Tourism and Portuguese Cultural Cooperation in African Contexts and Merap-Med Religious Memories and Heritage Practices in the Mediterranean. Confessional Coexistence and Heritage Assertion. Currently (2016) she is a research fellow at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG) and is currently doing ethnography for the project Inside the State: an ethnography of power and public administration in Portugal coordinated by Daniel Seabra Lopes.