Nazar Othman Ahmad

Background

Ahmad, Nazar Othman was born on November 12, 1945 in Mosul, Iraq.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, University Liverpool, England, 1969; Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning, Nottingham (England) University, 1972.

Career

Architect Liverpool City Housing Department, 1969-1970. Lecturer Center Urban and Regional Planning, Baghdad, Iraq, 1972-1973, deputy director Iraq, 1973-1974. Head regional planning section Iraqconsult, Iraq, 1974-1975.

Co-founder, senior partner Planar, Iraq, 1975-1987, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, since 1978. Nominator Agha Khan award for architecture, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1983. External lecturer architecture Baghdad University, 1972-1974.

Planning advisor Ministry of Planning, Baghdad, 1974-1975. Co-director Pax International, London, 1984-1988.

Works

• Other Work

  • Editor, coordinator (planning report) Northern Iraq Regional Development Plan, 1975. Co-editor (planning report) Upper Euphrates Resettlement Plan, 1979.

Membership

Member National Geography Society, Iraqi Engineers Union, United Arab Emirates Society Engineers.

Interests

• Painting, reading.

Connections

Son of Othman Ahmad and Saadiya Khayat. Married Dinah Ruth Bentley, 4th August 1973 - Shepley Parish Church.

Father:

Othman Ahmad

Mother:

Saadiya Khayat

Wife:

Dinah Ruth Bentley

Met in Liverpool in 1965. Married in Shepley Parish Church, Huddersfield on 4th August 1973. Married in Baghdad 1973. Deeply loved - soulmates.