Iraqi art

main square for public celebrations in Baghdad

monument in Baghdad

Monument in Baghdad, Iraq

school of Islamic art

thumb | right | alt=Kahramana Square, Baghdad. | Kahramana Square, Baghdad. Kahramana is a fountain located in Baghdad's al-Sa'doun Street depicting a scene from the legend of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; a story taken from One Thousand and One Nights in which the slave girl Marjana outwitted the thieves by tricking them into hiding inside jars over which she poured hot oil. The statue was officially opened in 1971 and was the work of the Iraqi sculptor, Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. It has become one of Baghdad's most iconic public artworks. In the aftermath of the US-led invasion of 2003, the wo