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Layla Shamash

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Layla Shamash (1943-2002) was born and grew up in a Jewish family, of ancient Babylonian lineage, in Baghdad. She was a native Arabic speaker; her father taught her the Qu’ran and she went to a Roman Catholic school for girls – so her education was truly ‘Abrahamic’. She left Iraq in order to pursue architectural studies in England. With growing political tensions at home, she secured the safe escape of her family from Iraq. After studying at the Architectural Association School in London, she worked for the GLC (Greater London Council) designing Social Housing, and at the same time she set out on the spiritual journey which would transform her life. She married, and with her husband Khalil Norland and their two children, moved to Oxford in 1981 to take up a teaching post in the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University. She also practiced architecture in Oxford and beyond. She inspired generations of architectural students and was much beloved by all who studied under her until her early death. Layla was also inspirational in helping with translations of Ibn Arabi’s work, being the only native Arabic speaker in the burgeoning Society Research group in Oxford – though she often said she understood Ibn Arabi better in English than in Arabic!

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