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.

When I taught, all my best students were women.

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

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.

The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.