As a woman you're not accessible to every world.

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.

The conservative values that are emerging, it may not effect architecture immediately but it will effect society and that's what worries me.

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.

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

I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.