IRAQ AND IRAN
Our Gallery displays paintings and photos suggested from our Story contributors:-
IRAQ – Ban Hikmat, Retired Community Dentist
IRAN – Ziba Zarei, Post Mistress, local community shop
IRAQ – Zainab Khan, Events Coordinator, RISC Development Education Centre, Reading
Together with a selection of images of wonderful Iranian and Iraqi architecture and art.
Other interesting links :-
Jiddoo Mohammad Salih Zaki – Zainab Hikmat, Exhibition in Melbourne, Australia November 2018 – HERE
British Museum Blog ‘Sparking the imagination: the rediscovery of Assyria’s great lost city’ – HERE
Modern and Contemporary Iraqi and Iranian Artists – more information on artists displayed in the Gallery – HERE
May 2019
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- The bridge of Adhamiya after midnight by Mohammed Salih (Zaki) Ali, water colours on paper, first half of 20th century
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- A view from Iraqi countryside by Mohammed Salih (Zaki) Ali, water colours on paper, first half of 20th century
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- View from Iraqi countryside by Mohammed Salih (Zaki) Ali, water colours on paper, first half of 20th century
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- Self portrait by Mohammed Salih (Zaki) Ali (1888 – 1976), oil on board, 1918
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- Mohammed Salih (Zaki) Ali (1888-1976) painting in his own home in Adhamiya, Baghdad, Iraq first half of 20th century
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- Horses by Zaid Salih, oil on board, 1954
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- A boy serving Arabic coffee by Zaid Salih, oil on board, 1957
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- Zaid Salih (1922-1986), Mohammed Salih (Zaki) Ali’s son, photo taken in 1944
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- Date Palms of Iraq by Nimat Hikmat, oil on canvas, 1996
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- Nimat Hikmat (1937-2013)
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- Ban suggested these flower images – The flower on Ishtar Gate
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- The flower decorating a house door in Baghdad
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- Ziba suggested the following images – Shiraz girls
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- Shiraz
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- Shiraz
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- Shiraz
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- Mt Damavand
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- Ski telecabin
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- Ski selfi
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- Ski chalettes
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- Mt Damavand, highest peak in Iran – has a special place in Persian mythology and folklore
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- Mt Damavand -trek
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- Canyoning
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- Naqsh-e Rostam necropolis in Shiraz, Iran, containing Achaemenid tombs and Sassanid reliefs
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- Zainab suggested the following images – Bulbul
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- Book market, Al Mutannabe Street, Baghdad book market, Baghdad
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- Book market, Al Mutannabe Street, Baghdad book market, Baghdad
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- Book market, Al Mutannabe Street, Baghdad book market, Baghdad
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- Book market, Al Mutannabe Street, Baghdad book market, Baghdad
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- Coppersmith’s market Souk al-Safafeer, Baghdad
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- Coppersmith’s market Souk al-Safafeer, Baghdad
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- Protest at BP sponsorship of Assyrian exhibition, British Museum
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- Protest at BP sponsorship of Assyrian exhibition, British Museum
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- Protest at BP sponsorship of Assyrian exhibition, British Museum
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- Tigris river, Basra
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- Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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- Iran architecture – Agha Bozorg Mosque, Kashan
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- Iran Armenian Moastic Ensembles
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- Iran Desert Arches
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- Iran Esfahan
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- Iran House of Borujerdi, Kashan
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- Iran Masjid of Kavar
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- Iran Mosque of Colours
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- Iran Nasir ol Molk Mosque (Pink Mosque)
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- Iran Safavid Shrine of Sheikh Safi al-Din,Ardebil
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- Iran Shah Cheragh, Shiraz
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- Iran Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
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- Iran Tabriz Bazaar inside roof
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- Iraq architecture – Jalil Khayat Mosque, Erbil
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- Iraq Jalil Khayat Mosque, Erbil
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- Iraq Imam Hussein Shrine, Karbala
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- Iraq Great Mosque of Samarra
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- Iraq Samarra mosque
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- Iraq Al-Shaheed Monument ( Martyr’s Memorial), Ismail Fatah Al Turk, Baghdad
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- Iraq Al-Maqam Mosque, Basra
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- Iraq Umm al-Qura Mosque,Baghdad
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- Iraq – showcases geomatric patterns in the design and decor
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- Iraq Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul
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- Iraq Arch of Ctesiphon
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- Iraq-Fortress City of Hatra, more than 2000 years old, UNESCO world heritage site.
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- Modern and Contemporary Artists -Dia Al-Azzawi (Iraqi, b. 1939), Ashkal Sahrawiya No.6 (Desert Forms No.6), painted in 1981
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- Shaker Hassan Al Said (Iraqi, 1925-2004), Untitled, painted in 1984
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- Monir Farmanfarmaian (Iranian, b. 1924), Heartbeat, painted in Tehran in July 2006
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- Jewad Selim (Iraqi, 1919-1961), The Watermelon Seller, painted in 1953
