Everywhere around Baghdad there is the sound of a city regaining its voice ... an overall pattern as I step back for a bird's-eye view: blue to one side, red to the other; Shiites dominating ...
the city of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, was the first city in the world to reach the milestone of one million residents. However, this historical world view is disputed by both Modelski and ...
An Iraqi professor leading a group of students on a walking tour of Baghdad's historic centre invites them to stop and admire a centuries-old stone wall erected to shield the city from Mongol ...
But Baghdad has been a capital before, particularly during the years of the Abbasid Caliphate. While the previous Umayyad Caliphate had its capital in the ancient city of Damascus (now the capital ...
BAGHDAD – An Iraqi professor leading a group of students on a walking tour of Baghdad’s historic centre invites them to stop and admire a centuries-old stone wall erected to shield the city ...
Such a tour would have been unthinkable in the Iraqi capital through much of recent decades due to the country's successive wars, which saw Baghdad pounded ... a modern Arab city with top ...