SELECTED LECTURES

MIIM DESIGNS engages architecture as a public and intellectual discipline—one that operates across design, research, and civic discourse. Lectures, symposia, and public conversations are treated as extensions of the practice, where ideas are tested, debated, and disseminated across academic, cultural, and institutional contexts. These talks position architecture within broader questions of ecology, cultural identity, spirituality, and collective life. Rather than presenting completed work, they frame architecture as an evolving inquiry, one that addresses the social, environmental, and political conditions shaping the built environment today.

Spanning universities, conferences, and global forums, this body of lectures reflects MIIM’s ongoing commitment to advancing architecture as both a critical practice and a shared cultural project. 

LECTURES

Architecture, Ritual, and Sacred Space
Designing Mosques in America Sharing Sacred Space, 2024
The Mosque: Models of Urban and Ecological Integration, Moral Theology and the Future Conference, 2023
On the Spiritual in Contemporary Architecture, New York University, 2022
“Gender in Sacred Spaces - Designing Women’s Mosque”, Faith&Form Magazine Town Hall, September 22, 2022
Designing Sacred Spaces, Princeton University, 2011
Reconstructing Women’s Spaces in Contemporary American Mosques, Duke University / UNC, 2012
“Redesigning Space for Social Change”, McGill University, Octtober. 2011

Ecology, Climate, and Environmental Systems
Urban Spaces in the Age of Climate Change, Harvard University, 2021
Climate Change: Ecofeminist Perspectives, Seton Hall University, 2022
“Pedagogy of Integration of L+Arch:The Dangemrond Preserve”, Architecture, Media, Politics, Society Conference, University of Calgary, June 30, 2022
Science of Climate Change: Sea Rise (Moderator), Cal Poly Pomona, 2022
Design Matters: Ecology and Preservation, Harvard University, 2016
“Restoration of Wells in Ghana” Harvard University, March 31, 2015
Sustainability through Islamic Architecture, Harvard University, 2009

Collective Space, Identity, and Cultural Practice
Architecture of Co-Existence, New York University, 2021
Pluralism through Architecture, Harvard University, 2015
The Architecture of American Muslims, Eisenhower Lecture Series, 2011
Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Architecture, Rice University, 2011
Gender, Sexuality and Urban Space, MIT, 2011

Practice, Pedagogy, and Public Engagement
Designing Beyond an Autonomous Architecture, UNC Charlotte, 2020
Sustainable Architecture Practice, University of Indonesia, 2021
Pedagogy of Integration of Landscape + Architecture, University of Calgary, 2022
Impact Design: Our Role in a Global Context, Boston Society of Architects, 2016
Making Global Citizenship in Architecture, Harvard University, 2014
Women in Design, Boston Society of Architecture, American Institute of Architects, November 2010

Public Conversations and Cultural Forums
Leading Voices in Conversation, UCLA, 2018
Future of Women: Leading Architects, Los Angeles, 2018
Architects of Change, KCRW + Dwell, LA Design Week, 2018
The City Talks – CoExists, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2017
An Instructive Tale, AAO Design Matters, 2016
“Life Worth Living – Spirit of Architecture”, The Culture and Henry B. Wright Lecture, Yale University, Febuary 2014