Being Iraqi Taught Me To Be Very

People Say I Design Architectural Icons. If I Design A Building And It Becomes An Icon, That's Ok.

Half Of Architecture Students Are Women, And You See Respected, Established Female Architects All The Time.

When You Are Overworked And Exhausted, There Is A Sense Of Kind Of Delirium And That's Why I Think Architects Do All-nighters And They Kind Of Do Those Deadlines. For Four Days I Remember Doing Four Nights In One Row With No Sleep. I Mean Nobody, Unless You Are Crazy, Would Do That, But You Are Totally Focused On The Project.

People Don't Talk To You Properly. It's The Way They Talk To You; They Dismiss You. I Think It's A Combination Of Me Being A Woman And A Foreigner.

I Have Always Appreciated Those Who Dare To Experiment With Materials And Proportions.