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6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Baghdad, Iraq

Updated September 26, 2023

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This silicone doll plays a central role in Hanging Gardens.

A New Generation Is Remaking Iraqi Cinema

“If we can’t make the revolution on the streets … we can make it in cinema, sending a message, spreading our vision of the world.”
by Laura Silvia Battaglia
A drawing depicting a Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, by Johannes Kepler, December 1603.

Astrologers Were the Quants of the Ancient World

Coincidence and correlation in the stars, from the founding of Baghdad to the New York Yankees to COVID-19.
by Alexander Boxer
Abbasid Caliph al-Ma’mun was a renowned supporter of the sciences.

3 Brothers From Baghdad and Their Remarkable 9th-Century Book of Inventions

A prescient relic of the Islamic Golden Age.
by Jonny Keen
A group preparing a noonday meal in the 16th century.

In Medieval Baghdad, Rulers Held Elite Cook-Offs

The "Iron Chef of medieval times" could have serious consequences.
by Anne Ewbank
The folio of al-Warrāq’s manuscript.

The 10th-Century Baghdad Cookbook That’s a Poetic Tome to Food

The text features exhaustive directions for cooking, eating, and being.
by Paula Mejia

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