About Hisham Munir
Born 1930. Hisham Munir is an architect.
Hisham A. Munir is an Iraqi architect known for pioneering architectural modernism in Iraq.
Early life Hisham A. Munir was born in February, 1930 in Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq.
Career In 1959 Munir established Iraq's first architecture program at the University of Baghdad with Mohamed Makiya and Abdullah Ihsan Kamel. Munir designed a number of major projects in the following three decades including the University of Mosul campus (1966), Iraqi Ministry of Interior (1974), Baghdad City Hall (1975), and Ishtar Sheraton Hotel & Casino in Baghdad (1982).
Awards and honours In 2017, Hisham received the Tamayouz Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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Hisham Munir was born on 11 February 1930 in Baghdad.
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