The Goal Posts Might Shift, But You

I Am Sure That As A Woman I Can Do A Very Good Skyscraper.

Being Iraqi Taught Me To Be Very Cautious.

Architecture Is Really About Well-being. I Think That People Want To Feel Good In A Space... On The One Hand It's About Shelter, But It's Also About Pleasure. The Intention Is To Really Carve Out Of A City Civic Spaces And The More It Is Accessible To A Much Larger Mass In Public And It's About People Enjoying That Space. That Makes Life That Much Better. If You Think About Housing, Education, Whether Schools And Hospitals, These Are All Very Interesting Projects Because In The Way You Interpret This Special Experience.

In Iraq, Many Of My Female Friends Were Architects And Professionals With A Lot Of Power During The 1980s While All The Men Were At War In Iran.

For A Woman To Go Out Alone Into Architecture Is Still Very, Very Hard. It's Still A Man's World.