115:. She has claimed that in Syria the students with the highest grades study medicine, whilst those achieving lower grades study engineering. Al-Sabouni would go on to study architecture. Al-Sabouni noticed that there were no functioning parks or cultural spaces close to where she lived. She has spoken about her early life to
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district, designing structures that draw on Syria's historical ways to keep communities living together harmoniously. Her design includes tree units that contain shops and community spaces in trunks, as well as apartments on their branches. Her efforts look to restore social cohesion and a sense of
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broke out in 2011, Al-Sabouni made the decision to stay in the city she had grown up in. She spent two years hiding inside, home-schooling her two young children and not seeing the moon. When the rebel forces left Syria in 2015 over 60% of the neighbourhood was left in rubble. She has spoken about
161:, with almost half of the Syrian population living in temporary accommodation or informal housing, and how the architecture contributed to its downfall. Al-Sabouni believes that the architecture of cities are fundamental to their harmony.
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575:"The Loss of Home: Lessons from Syria on how a sense of place is destroyed"
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842:"'The Battle For Home' Traces Syria's History Through Architecture"
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The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young
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