--- title: "2 Arab Quotes By Zaha Hadid" description: "2 Arab quotes by Zaha Hadid. Plus more from Zaha Hadid and more Arab sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/zaha-hadid-3561_arab-world_i-miss-aspects-of-being-in-the-arab-worl_902061.jpg" --- > [I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/i-miss-aspects-of-being-in-the-arab-world-the-language-and-there-is-a/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/zaha-hadid-3561_arab-world_i-miss-aspects-of-being-in-the-arab-worl_902061.jpg) > [I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/i-am-quite-sensitive-to-politics-because-you-know-as-an-arab-an-iraqi/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/zaha-hadid-3561_arab_i-am-quite-sensitive-to-politics-because_2867072.jpg) ## Other authors on Arab - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elliott-abrams-32793.jpg) Elliott Abrams 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/elliott-abrams/) - [Zeina Kassem 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/zeina-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wadah-khanfar-94194.jpg) Wadah Khanfar 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/wadah-khanfar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shereen-el-feki-84887.jpg) Shereen El Feki 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/shereen-el-feki/) - [Edgar Bronfman, Sr 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/edgar-bronfman-sr/) - [Yasmine Hamdan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/yasmine-hamdan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-engel-78545.jpg) Richard Engel 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/richard-engel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/noam-chomsky/) ## More by Zaha Hadid > [The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/the-goal-posts-might-shift-but-you-should-have-a-goal/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/there-are-so-many-great-galleries-and-museums-in-london-but-they-can/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [In terms of form, all the projects interest me equally, although there are obviously large differences according to the scale and process of each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/in-terms-of-form-all-the-projects-interest-me-equally-although-there/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/when-i-was-growing-up-in-iraq-there-was-an-unbroken-belief-in/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/women-are-always-told-you-re-not-going-to-make-it-its-too-difficult/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/what-s-similar-between-britain-and-america-is-the-lack-of-good/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/i-don-t-think-that-everybody-in-the-planet-should-have-a-child-i-ve/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/it-s-very-important-for-cities-all-around-the-world-to-reinvent/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I'm an architect. The paintings I've done are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/people-often-ask-me-if-i-consider-myself-to-be-an-architect-fashion/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/if-i-wanted-to-do-clothes-or-if-i-wanted-to-make-a-building-or-design/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/the-spirit-of-adventure-to-embrace-the-new-and-the-incredible-belief/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [Some people really live and work within the same doctrine, the same diagram with the same logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/some-people-really-live-and-work-within-the-same-doctrine-the-same/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/i-love-driving-around-east-london-it-s-always-full-of-surprises/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/my-buildings-are-not-particularly-expensive-it-is-not-a-tin-shed-if/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) > [It's not my duty as an architect to look at it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/it-s-not-my-duty-as-an-architect-to-look-at-it/) [Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/zaha-hadid/#itemlist", "name": "2 Arab Quotes By Zaha Hadid", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' 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