by Jamila Halfichi | Apr 1, 2016 | Middle East
Zaha Hadid, the world-renowned Iraqi architect, died yesterday in a hospital in Miami aged 65 years. Her company said in a statement yesterday that Zaha “died suddenly in Miami this morning” and that “she suffered from a heart attack” at a hospital where she had been...
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi with former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kurt Waldheim in June 20, 1975 (AP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of the last shah of Iran Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has died in France aged 96. The late princess played an active role in the political and diplomatic Iranian arena for decades, and first became well known in 1945 when she led...