We arrived in Baghdad on December 19, 1988, and stayed for the most action-packed two weeks of our lives. Between visiting numerous relatives, and site seeing, there was no time to spare and rest.

Al-Samawah rugs are unlike any other textile tradition of the Middle East. The rugs designs are influenced by the surrounding environment of the region and its history.

Geoffrey Payne arrived in Baghdad in the summer of 1986. His assignment was for two visits three weeks each. He still remembers his visit and its lasting memories.

Factors that contributed and influenced the continuity and development of the fine art in Iarq between 1921 and the early 1960s.

To visualize the changes the journey will start with the early work and end with the recent appearances.

A boy remembers Baghdad of the early 1950s and the delights of its iconic market, Souk Al-Safafeer.

Baghdad College, the storey of 37 years, from inception in 1932, to the end of the mission in 1969. The arrival of the American Jesuits from Boston/USA and their achievement in successfully establishing one of the finest schools in Iraq

These jewellery pieces were typically discovered in tombs and around temples as offerings for the gods. Most objects were found in the Phoenicians colonies such as Carthage in Tunis, Kition in Cyprus, in Italy, Morocco, Spain and Portugal with some