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Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality.

Zaha Hadid

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Zaha Hadid
Age: 65 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 31
Died: 2016
Died: March 31
Architect
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Bagdad
Zaha Mohammad Hadid
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