Al-Wardi is the Director of the Collections Department at the National Museum of Oman.[1][2] She was appointed to the role in 2019.[3] She joined the museum in 2009 as Chief Curator during its construction and development.[1][3] She is a specialist in historical metal-working, in particular in bronze and silver.[4] She is an expert on the history of silversmithing, particularly in Oman, which has a historic tradition of women working as silversmiths, particularly in southern Oman in Dhofar.[5][6][7] The project is a collaboration between Aude Mongiatti (British Museum), Fahmida Suleman (Royal Ontario Museum), Marcia Dorr and Al-Wardi.[8] As part of this work she has studied the coinage that circulated in Oman and in particular its re-use into coin pendants.[9] Al-Wardi has also worked on the Diba Hoard, an assemblage of stone vessels and bronze metalwork dating to 1200 - 300 BCE.[10]
In 2013 she was a candidate on the British Museum's International Training Programme.[3] She previously studied for a BA degree in Heritage and Cultural Studies from Curtin University (formally known as Western Australian Institute of Technology) in Perth.[11][3][12] After graduation she worked at the Museum of Omani Heritage, developing training programmes and working on their heritage craft programme.[3] In 2018 she was part of a UNESCO-hosted regional event in Kuwait, which focussed on the development of national museums.[13]