I bring a personal history to this study of Baghdad. I lived and worked in Baghdad, and I have the personal connection to the place, history and people. The study investigates the international planning history in the historical capital of Iraq from middle of the twentieth centu…
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This thesis examines similarities and differences in architecture and city planning in Ankara, Turkey and Baghdad, Iraq, focusing on foreign architects' plans in each city during key moments in the development of each countries' nationalisms (the 1930s in Turkey and the 1950s in…
The purpose of this work is to provide a political narrative of the Abbasid dynasty during the 11ᵗʰ and 12ᵗʰ centuries showing that the caliphs were key figures in the political-cultural arena rather than impotent puppets as we have often portrayed them in the secondary literatu…
This study addressed the environmental pollution in all the environmental elements (water, soil and air) in the largest city and the capital of Iraq (Baghdad). Twenty samples from Tigris River were collected within the borders of Baghdad and analyzed for elemental concentrations…
The goal of this thesis is to document, analyze and interpret the process that led to the realized scenic design of Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo , produced by Temple University Department of Theater, and presented at the Adrienne Theater as part of the Philadel…
This thesis argues that in the second half of the 19th century, the Iraqi provinces of the Ottoman Empire constituted a frontier of imperial contestation between the Ottoman and British empires. The Ottoman Empire sought establish political hegemony over these far-flung province…
As a director and theatre artist, I want my creative work as a storyteller to illuminate myth. The beauty of myth transcends all cultural boundaries by revealing, through the art of storytelling, the universal within the particular, thus illuminating the foundation of our common…
In 1956, the premier of the film, Helen of Troy, took place in the newly finished building complex of Al Khayam; a 1,500 seat cinema engulfed by a hotel located in Baghdad, Iraq. The opening of the cinema happened to fall at a time where the tale based film had just recently com…
During the period of Mongol occupation, Baghdad, a long established center of learning in the Islamic world, emerged as a site of intense intellectual debate and dialogue between Shi`i and Sunni scholars. Shi`i and Sunni scholars participated extensively in the transmission of k…
The 5th /11th century represents a new era in the history of Imami theology. It witnessed the shift from a traditionalist approach to answering the questions of the day to a rationalist method. This evolution was perhaps influenced by the scholarly environment of Baghdad at the …