Now based in the UAE, she is the brains behind the revolutionary Sakani software, a totally new architectural style of design which enables different configurations of houses, buildings, restaurants and facilities to be built through mass-production methods.

This means an entire housing development can be designed with each unit receiving an individual configuration.

The software has been a huge hit in the Middle East with the Bahraini Investment Bank and Bahrain government both implementing it, while several Dubai government officials are considering using Sakani.