ArchitectIndividual
Marwa Al-Sabouni was born and raised in Homs/Syria in 18/9/1981. She has holds a PhD in architecture. She has written several architectural articles which were published at RIBAJ, Architectural Review, Wall Street International Magazine and other outlets and some of them were translated into German and French. She is the author of The Battle for Home published internationally in April 2016 by T&H. This work has been widely covered by the mass media including cover story in the Guardian, Financial Times, The Times, The Huffington Post, New York Times, BBC Radio(s) several flagship programs, CNN, and many other in UK, AU, USA, and Europe. It was reviewed in TLS, Fraser Institute, Open Democracy, LA Book Review, The Christian Science Monitor and many others. The book was selected by the Guardian as one of the best architectural books in 2016. She has been invited and participated in UN organized conferences and workshops regarding the post-war situations in Syria in Berlin, Beirut, Basel, and Geneva. Also participated via Skype in conferences for the Policy Exchange and Architecture Foundation in London, SIX in Colombia, and Cultural Innovation Day in Matera/Italy. She has done a TED Talk to be showed for the first time at TED Summit 2016 and been viewed online more than 900K since its release. She had co-run an architectural studio in the pre-war period in Homs. Al-Sabouni has won first place on National level in the UN-Habitat Competition for rehabilitation of mass housing for her design proposal for rebuilding Baba Amr/Homs/Syria in 2014. She runs with her partner the portal of Arabic Gate for Architectural News www.arch-news.net the world's first and only website dedicated to architectural news in Arabic and the winner of Royal Kuwaiti award for best media project in the Arab World 2010. She teaches architectural design in a private university in Hama/Syria. Beside her first language Arabic, she has a good command of English and studied intermediate Turkish.