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" I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions. "

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" 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. "

" The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme. "

" 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. "

" Men think a woman should not have an opinion. "

" I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums. "

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" My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress. "

" My friendships are very important to me. "

" I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid. "

" I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness. "

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" I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it. "

" I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all. "

" People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. "

" When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building. "

" I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else. "

" I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them. "

" My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that. "

" In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves. "

" I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes. "

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" 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. "

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" Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated. "