| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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| Iraq |
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Najaf |
Wadi Al-Salaam |
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 A group of shrines. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
Wadi Al-Salaam |
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Cemetary road. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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The city has many murals. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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Anti war mural. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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Political mural. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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Bathtub mural. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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Peace mural. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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Mural with winged man. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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Mural in underpass. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
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Murals |
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Tourism mural. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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The city of Kufa. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Kufa is 10km from Najaf. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Kufa is a city of beautiful mosques. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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The Al Mamali is one of the many mosques in the majority Shia city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is the most important in the city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque dates from the 7th century. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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Brick decorated gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The architecture of the mosque resembles a pre-Islamic Persian palace. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The tiled Eastern Gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Detail of the Eastern Gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque at Kufa is important as the place where Imam Ali (a cousin of the Prophet and one of the first converts to Islam) was assassinated in 661. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Two minarets and a decorated clock tower. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The golden dome tops one of the three tombs in the complex. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Column and lamp. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The cloisters have Byzantine influence. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Carpet. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The mosque is very beautiful in the late afternoon sunlight. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Prayer time in the larger of two courtyards. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Prayer time at sunset. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Group of women. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Tower and minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Woman. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The complex contains three tombs of nephews of Ali. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The tomb chambers are highly decorated. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Silver panels on one of the tombs. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Tomb chamber. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The tombs are made from gold and silver and bear Quranic inscriptions. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The tomb and its chamber. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The tombs are very spectacular. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Carpet. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Silver bars. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The tomb area from the women's section. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Women at the tomb. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Cloisters. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The second courtyard. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The second courtyard is an extension. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Shia Muslims believe that Noah's flood began here. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Cloisters and minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The mosque is considered one of the most important for Shias. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Tower and blue dome. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Tomb chamber window. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Tomb entrance. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Glass ceiling over a tomb entrance. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Gold and semi precious stones on a tomb. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Detail of a tomb. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The tomb chamber. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Tomb chamber ceiling decoration. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Dazzling tomb interior. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Praying in the tomb area. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The women's prayer room. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Cloisters with wooden ceiling. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Carved wooden door. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Prayer room outside the third tomb. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The wooden ceiling of the Prayer Room. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Women's prayer room outside the third tomb. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The carpets are Persian. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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The third tomb. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Silver bars. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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Woman at the tomb. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
|
Great Mosque |
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A group of women. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Much of Central Mesopotamia is desert. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Shia shrine in the desert. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Canal. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Cultivation near Nasariya between the two rivers. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Mesopotamia is very flat. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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The city of Nasariya is on the Euphrates River. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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The Al-Rubaye Restaurant is at a strange angle. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Kebabs are popular in the city and come with Iraqi bread, soup and various dips and salads. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Iraqi bread has a distinctive shape. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Mazgouf eatery. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Mazgouf is flat fish grilled in a metal structure over a fire. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Mazgouf is the Iraqi national dish. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Preparing mazgouf. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Restaurant owner. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Kuba is minced meat in cracked wheat in a soup. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Hotel manager. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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The city centre at night. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Sweet shop. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Cakes. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Jewellers. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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The entrance to the night market. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Lights in the market. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Street selling electronics. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Nut seller. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Clothes market. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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Abandonded cinema, now a car park. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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The Euphrates at night. |
2022 |
