1950 Born in Baghdad

1971 Bachelor of Science in mathematics at the American University of Beirut

1972 Studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London

1977 Member of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Started teaching at the Architecture Association School of Architecture

1980 Head of a department at the Architectural Association School of Architecture

1982 Gold medal for her project for 59 Eaton Place, London

1986 Taught at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard

1987 Guest professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia

1993 Taught at the Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia

1994 Taught at the Kenzo Tange Chair, Harvard

2002 Made Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

2004 Recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Teaching at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria