Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another.

Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?

When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.

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

All the privileged can travel, see different worlds, not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.

Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.

They all come out from the same thing; all the projects are connected somehow.