🏟️ Ashaar Baghdad

Iraq · Asia · 33.35°N, 44.37°E

Ashaar Baghdad is a public monument in Baghdad, created by the sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat (1929–2011) and inaugurated in 2013. It appears as a golden globe, bearing Arabic letters that have been squeezed together and distorted to form the spherical shape. It is an unusual example of hurufiyya-inspired sculpture.

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Quick facts

Country	Iraq
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	33.35°N, 44.37°E · view on map

Ashaar Baghdad is located in Iraq, in Asia.

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Al-Shaheed Monument · Freedom Monument (Baghdad) · Kahramana · Kirkuk Citadel · Saving Iraqi Culture · Timthal Baghdad.

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