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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.

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Zaha Hadid
Age: 65 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 31
Died: 2016
Died: March 31
Architect
Artist
Designer
Jewelry Designer
Painter
Sculptor
University Teacher
Bagdad
Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Zaha M. Hadid
Arab
Sensitive
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Politics
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Iraqi

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