Mais al Azab (MArch ’11) presented at the inaugural Arab Architecture Festival, HEAR Baghdad , in October 2025. Mais al Azab presented a selection of works and delivered a speech titled On the Borderline.
HEAR Baghdad was organized by the Tamayouz Excellence Award, the first architecture award program to emerge from Iraq, established in 2012 by Iraqi architect and Coventry University academic Ahmed Al-Mallak. The festival took place over five days and promised to stand as the region’s leading platform for architectural discourse and cultural exchange.
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