1. ARAB-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS

2. SAM MALOOF

3. SAM MALOOF CONTINUED Born Jan. 24 1916 in Chino, Calif. Marries Alfreda Ward Maloof and began his career as a furniture maker in 1948 First featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection at Washington, D.C.'s Renwick Gallery in 1971 His furniture is exhibited in the public collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1976 In 1985 he was Featured in the 20th Century American Design exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York In 1988 His furniture is exhibited in the public collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York In 1992 he Received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design In 1995 His furniture is added to the White House Collection of Arts and Crafts in Washington, D.C. In 2001 the Smithsonian American Art Museum creates a special exhibit of his work, including one of his rocking chairs In 2001 Marries Beverly Wingate Maloof In 2003 his hand-built home receives the State of California's Governor's Historic Preservation Award and is relocated to its current location as a living museum Dies at his home in Alta Loma, Calif in 2009

4. ZAHA HADID

5. ZAHA HADID CONTINUED Born in Baghdad Iraq on October 31,1950 Attended a Catholic school where French was spoken and nuns served as instructors studied math at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon In 1972 Hadid moved to London and later becoming a British citizen enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture In 1977 she had received her degree, along with a special Diploma Prize, and she began working for a London firm In 1980 she opened her own office She taught courses at the Architectural Association Her first major building was constructed in 1993 and 1994: it was a small fire station, with numerous irregular angles on the grounds of the Vitra Furniture Company in Weil am Rhein, Germany In 1994 her design for the new Cardiff Bay Opera House in Britain's Wales region was selected for construction She designed the unique Bergisel Ski Jump on a mountain near Innsbruck, Austria, and a parking garage and transit station in suburban Strasbourg, France, that later won the Mies van der Rohe Award from the European Union In 2004 Hadid was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the profession's highest hono and she was the first woman to receive the award She is still alive

8. REFERENCES Sam Maloof: 1916-2009 - Fine Woodworking. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2014, from http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/14235/sam-maloof-1916-2009 World Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2014, from http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Fl-Ka/Hadid-Zaha.html