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Falastin Street
Palestine Street or Falastin Street () is a street located in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. It runs parallel and to the west of Army Canal between Mustanssiriya square, through Beirut square to Maysalon square, in the neighborhoods of Mustansiriya, Nile, al-Muthanna to the west and 14 July, al-Idrisi, the al-Shaheed Monument, and Al-Muthanna to the east. The street was established in the 1960s when the government started a plan to extend Baghdad by adding new neighborhoods. The Palestine Street area has witnessed many recent reconstruction efforts, whereby many trees were planted by Baghdad municipality, and fountains and playgrounds were constructed. Palestinian Street is the leading commercial and shopping center in eastern Baghdad. Further reading The Musical Culture of Iraqi Jewry: Three Countries and Two Continentsby Galia Ben-Mordechai * "Along Palestine Street, a once vibrant commercial district, shop owners were relieved not by the greater military presence, but by the absence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baghdad
Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the Arab world, most populous cities in the Middle East and Arab world and forms 22% of the Demographics of Iraq, country's population. Spanning an area of approximately , Baghdad is the capital of its Baghdad Governorate, governorate and serves as Iraq's political, economic, and cultural hub. Founded in 762 AD by Al-Mansur, Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and became its most notable development project. The city evolved into a cultural and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". For much of the Abbasid era, duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the Iraq–Kuwait border, southeast, Jordan to Iraq–Jordan border, the southwest, and Syria to Iraq–Syria border, the west. The country covers an area of and has Demographics of Iraq, a population of over 46 million, making it the List of countries by area, 58th largest country by area and the List of countries by population, 31st most populous in the world. Baghdad, home to over 8 million people, is the capital city and the List of largest cities of Iraq, largest in the country. Starting in the 6th millennium BC, the fertile plains between Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, referred to as Mesopotamia, fostered the rise of early cities, civilisations, and empires including Sumer, Akkadian Empire, Akkad, and Assyria. Known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut Square
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the List of largest cities in the Arab world, sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Economy of Lebanon, Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important Port of Beirut, seaport for the country and region, and rated a Global City, Beta- World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Shaheed Monument
Al-Shaheed Monument (), also known as the Martyr's Memorial, is a monument designed by Iraqi sculptor Ismail Fatah al-Turk and situated in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. It was originally dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers killed in the Iran–Iraq War and has since grown to become generally considered to be a commemoration of all Iraqi martyrs. Background Al-Shaheed was built as part of a broader Ba'athist government program to erect a number of public works intended to beautify Baghdad, help instill a sense of national pride, and at the same time immortalize Saddam Hussein's reputation as a powerful and victorious leader. It was built during the height of a period when Saddam Hussein was commissioning many artworks and spending a great deal of money on new monuments and statues. Al-Shaheed was constructed on Baghdad's al-Rusafa side, and this monument is one of three monuments that were built to remember Iraq's pain and suffering as a consequence of the eight-year war. The first of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street
A street is a public thoroughfare in a city, town or village, typically lined with Building, buildings on one or both sides. Streets often include pavements (sidewalks), pedestrian crossings, and sometimes amenities like Street light, streetlights or Bench (furniture), benches. A street can be as simple as a level patch of Dirt road, dirt, but is more often pavement (material), paved with a hard, durable surface such as Tarmacadam, tarmac, concrete, cobblestone or brick. It can be designed for both social activity and movement. Originally, the word ''street'' simply meant a paved road (). The word ''street'' is still sometimes used informally as a synonym for ''road'', for example in connection with the ancient Watling Street, but city residents and urban planning, urban planners draw a significant modern distinction: a road's main function is transportation, while streets facilitate public interaction. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Canal
view of Qanat al-Jaish in Baghdad Army Canal ( in Arabic) is a waterway connecting the Tigris and Diyala rivers, forms the western boundary of Sadr City, and when completed, will once again supply irrigation water to nearby agricultural areas and clean drinking water to Rusafa, Baghdad. along its course a highway road runs. The Army Canal, which runs a total of 25 kilometers spanning from Adhamiyah (Saba Abkar Saba Abkar is an area, north of Baghdad, Iraq, located on the eastern bank of Tigris The Tigris ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south fr ...) in northeastern Baghdad to Rustimiyah in southeastern Baghdad, was built on October 10, 1960, and inaugurated on July 15, 1961, by Abd al-Kareem Qassim, the former president of Iraq. It later became a ribbon of stagnant water because of sludge, low water levels, and lack of maintenance. References External links Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Dymond
Jonathan David Dymond (born 15 February 1970 in Merton, London) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the Royal Correspondent for BBC News, having previously been the BBC's Washington Correspondent, Europe Correspondent (based in Brussels), and Middle East Correspondent (based in Istanbul). Dymond is also a presenter of ''The World at One'' and '' The World This Weekend'' on BBC Radio 4. He sometimes presents ''Broadcasting House'' and the ''Today'' programme''.'' He also presents ''The World This Week'' and ''World Questions'' on the BBC World Service. Education Dymond attended St Paul's School, an independent school for boys in the London district of Barnes, between 1983 and 1987. From 1988 until 1991, he studied Politics at Durham University, and in he 1993 completed an MSc in Public Administration and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Career Dymond joined the BBC in 1994 as a researcher and later became a producer on ''Newsni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods In Baghdad
The city of Baghdad is divided into 89 administrative neighbourhoods, gathered into nine administrative districts. Districts east of the Tigris ( Rusafa) Rusafa District * 1. Sinek, Al Rasheed Street * 2. Al Khulani Square (also Al Khilani), Al-Wathba Square, Shorjah * 3. Abu Nawas * 4. Orphalia, Bataween * 5. Al-Sa'adoon * 6. Camp Gaylani * 7. Sheikh Omar * 8. Medical City * 9. Bab Al-Moatham * 10. Mustansiriya * 11.Nile * 12.14th July * 13. Idrissi Adhamiyah District * 14. Adhamiyah neighbourhood * 15. Al-Wazireya * 16. Wzirya-industrial * 18. Qahira * 19. Gherai'at * 20. Tunis * 21. Hayy Ur * 22. Sha'ab east * 23. Sha'ab north * 24. Sha'ab south * 25. Rashdiya Thawra District * 26. Sadr City neighbourhood * 27. Habbibiya * 28. Ishbiliya neighbourhood 7 Nissan District * 29. Al-Shaab Stadium, Bor Saeid sqr, Al-Shaheed Monument (Martyr's Memorial) * 30. Muthana, Zayouna * 31. Ghadeer, Masaloon sqr * 32.New Baghdad neighbourhood (Baghdad Al jadida), Alef Dar, Al Khalee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
