Ola Saad Znaad
Artist
Biography
Ola Saad Znaad is an Iraqi architect who created Souq Al Liqa, a newly commissioned work for Beyti Beytak presented in the courtyard of Fahad bin Ali Palace. A reconstruction of the Mudhif, a community structure used throughout the marshland communities of southwestern Iraq, it connects the communal role of women in the Ahwar region of southern Iraq to a space where the intangible heritage of Marsh Arab women is made visible, honoured and economically empowering.