Ashaar Baghdad

It appears as a golden globe, bearing Arabic letters that have been squeezed together and distorted to form the spherical shape.

The remaining three works, Ashaar Baghdad ('Baghdad's Poetry', a fountain featuring Arabic script), Timthal Baghdad ('Baghdad's Statue', a column featuring the city as a beautiful girl wearing traditional Abbasid costume),[2] and Enkath El Iraq ('Saving Iraq's Culture', a Sumerian cylindrical seal in the hands of an Iraqi citizen)[3] were all inaugurated in 2013.

[5] His most well-known works include a pair of statues of Queen Scheherazade and King Shahryar, located on the banks of the Tigris River, near Abu Nuwas Street,[6] and the Fountain of Kahramana in Baghdad's central business district.

[8] Ashaar Baghdad ('Baghdad’s Poetry') is a fountain 5 metres in height situated in Al Dallal Square, Al Karakh neighbourhood, Baghdad, near the Beiruti Café, and was inaugurated in 2013[9] The structure has a spherical shape and features Arabic script that has been squeezed and distorted to form the golden orb.

[10] The script is taken from a poem glorifying the city, Baghdad, the most powerful of you, written by the post-war Iraqi poet, Mustafa Jamal al Din (b.