The LSE Middle East Centre will launch Dr Sana Murrani’s new book ‘Rupturing Architecture: Spatial Practices of Refuge in Response to War and Violence in Iraq, 2003–2023’.

Written by an Iraqi architect who has lived through the trauma of several wars, 10 years of UN-imposed sanctions, an invasion, and the subsequent violence, this book captures a broad spectrum of spatial responses to trauma and presents a fresh perspective on how ordinary Iraqis create refuge across the spaces of the home, the urban environment, and border geographies.