http://www.sacred-destinations.com/iraq/images/najaf/sat-img-3595ft.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4547884470_6706cb7558_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4572781760_40ea70d08b.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2728/4431662128_872e386c3b.jpg

Najaf is a heritage city, it has amazing places in adition to the Imam Ali Shrine

Najaf International Airport

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http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/36235587.jpg

http://www.insurespot.co.uk/pictures/hotel2.png

Sand Rock:
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7946140.jpg

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/24682756.jpg

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15327862.jpg


what is this?

^^ The Najaf Cemetery, the largest in the world...it's very historical

the cemetery is bigger than the old city isn't it?.. it looks so huge on google earth.

yeah something like that...

the cemetery is bigger than the old city isn't it?.. it looks so huge on google earth.

i reckon its bigger than old and new najaf (note the google earth images are old, and there's been a lot of killing since 2004...). sadly, as well as iranians, kuwaitis and bahrainis have once again started to bring their dead to najaf again, so the cemetary is expanding massively (towards karbala).

I can understand that there is unique and important cultural novelty associated with the Najaf cemetery.. but I'm worried that this insane growth isn't sustainable, not to mention its using up valuable land.

In my humble opinion they should ban non iraqi shia getting buried in Najaf, we cant cope with space and nor should Iraqi shia be prices out by richer non iraqi shias, thats just my opinion, however your views would be appreciated and respected

they should just stop burying people there period...

thats too far, for religious shia like me this is something very special, we all dream to be buried there

i think every muslim would dream to be buried there but its going to take up so much land! sigh i don't know

I agree with all of the above posts. they really should do something about it.

once the land is given, it's impossible to retrieve.. so it's pretty much land lost forever. it's not like a building that you can demolish it when it surpasses it's lifespan..

not to mention that it costs Iraq money to maintain and upkeep these graves. this is especially a concern if the buried are not Iraqis ..

on the other hand, it's a great thing to see that many people choose Iraq as their final resting place.. this cemetery is a special place to millions of Muslims, and must be treated with utmost respect.

I agree with all of the above posts. they really should do something about it.

once the land is given, it's impossible to retrieve.. so it's pretty much land lost forever. it's not like a building that you can demolish it when it surpasses it's lifespan..

not to mention that it costs Iraq money to maintain and upkeep these graves. this is especially a concern if the buried are not Iraqis ..

on the other hand, it's a great thing to see that many people choose Iraq as their final resting place.. this cemetery is a special place to millions of Muslims, and must be treated with utmost respect.

Would it be terrible if we started to make moeny out of it?? I mean sell land to rich shia of non iraqi descent, and make them pay a one off tax to Najaf??

they already pay money for the land, as well as the cost of burial, and any other visitation costs (transport, food, hotel, airport use).

^^ but no maintenance costs? doesn't anyone clean the cemetery etc?

yea people do I think, it just get dusty, and i dontthink it costs alot to be honest.

Old Najaf

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2637/najaf.jpg

Railway link between Kufa and Najaf

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3328/railwayhyphenbetweenkuf.jpg

Photo's from "Iraqi kingdom" group on facebook.

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Mosque

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2770/87032652.jpg

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7660/50098512369d423b1662b.jpg

^^ amazing architecture, the detailing is impeccable.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/48656541.jpg

^^ iranian hotel :)

^^ iranian hotel :)

If u've been to najaf before, u will think u are in Iran.

http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295341309.JPG

http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295413678.JPG

http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295341518.JPG

http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295341519.JPG

http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295341520.JPG

http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295413591.JPG

Very nice!

http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295413594.JPG

Look outside the window
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http://www.qasraldur.com/list/image/archif/1295414909.JPG

http://www.foraten.net/s/d4eb3cc6ab.jpg

http://www.iraqlights.info/vb/imgcache/207.png

http://www.up.3ros.net/get-2-2009-52bycuys.jpg

http://www.resaltona.net/inf/infimages/myuppic/4c7df9603453f.jpg

http://www.non14.net/pictures/2011/03_11/13131_0603.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4748881986_1bb55c0371.jpg

If u've been to najaf before, u will think u are in Iran.

i think that's 'Najaf Hotel' in Iran...

Al Kufa mosque

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/10785949.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/33656984.jpg

http://www.masjed-alkufa.net/images/photoalbum/album_31/masjed_alkufa_7_4_t2.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/33656974.jpg

http://www.masjed-alkufa.net/images/photoalbum/album_45/9_t2.jpg

http://www.masjed-alkufa.net/images/photoalbum/album_45/2_t2_1.jpg

http://www.masjed-alkufa.net/images/photoalbum/album_31/masjed_alkufa_7_2_t2.jpg

http://www.masjed-alkufa.net/images/photoalbum/album_31/masjed_alkufa_7_26_t2.jpg

http://www.masjed-alkufa.net/images/photoalbum/album_31/masjed-alkufa-1430-9_5_t2.jpg
http://www.masjed-alkufa.net/images/photoalbum/album_31/masjed_alkufa_8_34_t2.jpg

http://www.alhsa.com/forum/imgcache2/139510.gif

http://www.alhsa.com/forum/imgcache2/139509.gif

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/33656960.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/33657006.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/10785235.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/10785251.jpg

Imam ALi shrine

http://www.maxforums.net/gallery/files/4/6/6/7/1/amam.jpg

http://alrgal.com/imgtopic/16ba2a7c9cd46d4a1fbbdf0f692bbebf.jpg

http://www.awamsun.net/album/galleries/categories/islamic/atabat/thumb54-9.jpg

http://www.zehratv.com/uploads/wallpaper/Imam_Ali__s_shrine_dome.jpg


http://iah211dspring2010.wikispaces.com/file/view/Imam_Ali_Mosque_Najaf.jpg/121991951/Imam_Ali_Mosque_Najaf.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/202/d/e/Al_Imam_Ali__AS__Holy_Shrine_by_kamrannaqvi.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4200895136_6555048bd3.jpg

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i think najaf and karbala will be the nicest cities in iraq in the future.

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3500visitors a year? .. thats not right.

^^ that's what i thought, i think they meant 350,000 or something lol

^^^ that's what i thought, i think they meant 350,000 or something lol

Lol Yes because we do not have enough hotels for the "3500" people :lol:

did you forget, you have to convert it to iraqi currency :D, add 000. but seriously i doubt its 3500.

did you forget, you have to convert it to iraqi currency :D, add 000. but seriously i doubt its 3500.

lol haider knows what his talking about :P

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http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/36235578.jpg

http://www.iraqup.com/up/20110516/1UU0J-3flf_16699925.jpg

nice is it a hotel/restaurant?

http://www.iraqup.com/up/20110516/W11vW-e8pE_173488979.jpg

http://www.iraqup.com/up/20110516/Q6u0t-Fr2V_641156938.jpg

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http://www.iraqup.com/up/20110516/fR03q-4AnK_849997063.jpg

http://www.iraqup.com/up/20110516/Jnct0-7NS0_346652221.jpg

yes, this is a hotel and restaurant.

فندق زمزم-النجف
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5432396763_521dbec816_z.jpg

بحر النجف
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/5432392195_aaef9e7bcd_z.jpg

yes, this is a hotel and restaurant.

do you mind opening a thread for it in the completed section :)

^^
if you want, just do it bro.

najaf al ashraf restaurant
‏مطعم بوابة النجف الاشرف

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/69430_166159953400314_166159146733728_599300_4174279_n.jpg

Im liking the improvements in Najaf, its looking lovely.

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/kumail1.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/kumail3.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_00.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_01.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_02.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/masjid_11.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_03.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/masjid_15.jpg

WOW kufa Mosque looks amazing !

I wish I can ifind this photo with full size !
http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_00.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/masjid_17.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/masjid_12.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_6.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_2.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_4.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/hoodnabi2.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/hanibinurwa1.jpg

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/tammar1.jpg

^^ thanks looks very nice

http://www.najafeashraf.com/photos/haram_00.jpg

Very beautiful :nuts:

Eber and Shelah are buried in Najaf?

Eber and Shelah are buried in Najaf?

along with santa claus and papa smurf :D

along with santa claus and papa smurf :D

Santa is dead? :( :( :(

^^^Noooo, when did that happen, why wasnt it all over the news, i mean cmon.......:(






Na, but great photos guys, keep em coming, theyll have to do until i i actually go in November.

LOL even Adam ! Adam is buried in more than 10 countries :D dnno what to believe :P

^^ Eve is buried in Jeddah. :D

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http://media.farsnews.com/Media/9003/ImageReports/9003260357/16_9003260357_L600.jpg

http://www.farsnews.com/imgrep.php?nn=9003260357

night in the city of Najaf.

http://www.iraqup.com/up/20110618/CYso6-1jV3_223943616.jpg

http://www.iraqup.com/up/20110618/6Fn5Y-2qdN_88311064.jpg

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Najaf streets looks awful :ohno:

Typical Bedu najafis. Shabby and messy compared to the clean and orderly furs 40km to the north ;)

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj.jpg

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj1.jpg

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http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj7.jpg

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj9.jpg

new buildings u/c at the right
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj8.jpg

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj10.jpg

Thanks makaay31!

ur welcome :)

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would it be too much to dream that this is a section of the mythical Nigerian built Najaf Monorail :D

^^ hahaha your comment made me laugh ( 5arab eblisak ya sheytan ) :lol:

^^
haha sheytan it would be too much.. i guess this is the new junction that is build on the 20 rev. square

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http://img.chess443.net/S2001/upload/2010042700010_1.jpeg

^^ lol thats our building in the right :D

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JRMz2iELgD4/Rv0wziYRcMI/AAAAAAAAAXA/wO23RyLIDRw/s1600/najaf%2B3..jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JRMz2iELgD4/Rv0wyyYRcKI/AAAAAAAAAWw/joBJJ8ouCCo/s1600/najaf..jpg

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Too good to be true
Too green to be Iraq
lol

Too good to be true
Too green to be Iraq
lol

huh? you've never been to southern Iraq?

huh? you've never been to southern Iraq?

I am from Basra and it's been about 7 years from my last visit and I didn't see a green place like this. Although I only managed to go to Basra and wasn't able to visit other parts of Iraq due to the bad security at that time so I might be completely wrong about my last statement and I really hope that I am.

you don't have to visit iraq physically. you can just google earth around the areas from Samara down to the south and see.

you don't have to visit iraq physically. you can just google earth around the areas from Samara down to the south and see.

I will have a look at it 2morow

September 2011
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hotels
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http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj5-1.jpg

hotels u/c
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http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i474/makaay31/naj7-1.jpg

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مرقد كميل بن زياد shrine of Kumail bin Zyad, and Sheik Ahmed Al Waeli




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ويقع مرقده في منطقة (التوية) وتعني التل العالي ويكون بأتجاه الكوفة من النجف ويسمى حاليا (كميل) ويزار مرقده إلى يومنا هذا

inside the shrine of Kumayl Bin Zyad (RA)

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Construction is booming

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أنشاء مرآب في النجف يتسع (700) عجلة يعتبر الأول من نوعه في المحافظة

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I love this photo. So beautiful, I've saved it to my laptop.

I feel like spending a day there, hanging out in between the palm trees then jumping in and going for a swim in the water. Maybe next summer...

^^ don't drink the water though...the cows are too close to the water for comfort :P

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beautiful picture and architecture!

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our cities are pathetic, just look at todays banner. Istanbul shagatna shag!

Oh comeon dont say that.. I mean are you forgetting we are the only country who has gone through the most wars and depression in the world.. years of sanctions... war changes people and everything!!! we need more years.. things are not going to come like magic.. you need to have patients and be positive my friend. Negativity does not get you anywhere bro.

Oh comeon dont say that.. I mean are you forgetting we are the only country who has gone through the most wars and depression in the world.. years of sanctions... war changes people and everything!!! we need more years.. things are not going to come like magic.. you need to have patients and be positive my friend. Negativity does not get you anywhere bro.
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our cities are pathetic, just look at todays banner. Istanbul shagatna shag!

So true. Najaf's actually quite decent in comparison. Go to 'cities' like Kut/Samawa/Diwaniyah/Amarah now those places are pathetic. Come to think of it even our cities in central Iraq are terrible. Outside Kurdistan, the nicest cities are Mosul, Baghdad and Basra. Then it's probably Najaf/Karbala and the rest of the cities are either shitholes or semi-shitholes.

Istanbul looks amazing in that banner. But Baghdad could actually look something like that in the future. All it needs is a nice modern bridge, some high rise buildings/hotels and electricity at night!

Ye I can visualise buildings like that allong the river

Ye I can visualise buildings like that allong the river

in iraq i cant.

in iraq i cant.

Why not bro... Whats stopping you from doing so?

Why not bro... Whats stopping you from doing so?

the amount of salaf and their sunni supporters in iraq.

the amount of salaf and their sunni supporters in iraq.

Nooo bro dont think like that... that most defo is not true!! Have you seen to saudi??? There even started to build the 1 mile high sky scraper!! Those extremists in Iraq get their ideas from leaders in saudi...

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goverment building
مبنى بلدية النجف

What building is that? thanks

sumerianking
its najaf city hall

u welcome bro

Great, thank you!

is that Elevator used ? LOL

is that Elevator used ? LOL

If you look closely you can see a red light by the elevator door or maybe thats just a piece of one of them red aliminium materials they have LOOL!!!!!!!!!

LOL the lift has a door just like in the 70's.. :D

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Iranian traditional sport training course in Najaf.

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Ahsent makaay31

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maan thats a lot of graves wow! Allah yerhamhum.

yes i always imagined rise of the zombies would kick off in Najaf.

yes i always imagined rise of the zombies would kick off in Najaf.

Hahahahahaha..... I can imagine.

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A traditional restaurant

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A traditional restaurant
ROFL.

Y did that make u laugh? Lool u made me laugh because u laughed for a reason I do not know of, lol wat, im mindfuking my self.

the irani picture that is suppose to be imam ali (as) gave it all away...

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thats too far, for religious shia like me this is something very special, we all dream to be buried there

yeh, soon it will be like Kensington and Chelsea for dead people, nationals being priced out by wealthy foreigners.

yeh, soon it will be like Kensington and Chelsea for dead people, nationals being priced out by wealthy foreigners.

they should start a "grave price index" for Najaf on the Iraqi Stock Exchange.

I quite like the idea of being buried in Iraq (Baghdad specifically). There is something rather poetic about being buried in the same soil you were born on.

What if ur born in india?

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I quite like the idea of being buried in Iraq (Baghdad specifically). There is something rather poetic about being buried in the same soil you were born on.

Yes I've always dreamed of being buried in Stoke.. :D

Yes I've always dreamed of being buried in Stoke.. :D

I guess it's only poetic for some places...

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AP PHOTO- July 10, 2012 photo shows ruins which scholars think may be from the legendary Arab Christian city of Hira, just a few hundred yards (meters) from the runway of the airport in the holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad. The site's discovery in 2007 and its subsequent neglect are symbolic of a Christianity that has long enriched this country, and is now in decline as hundreds of thousands have fled the violence that followed the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

our ancestral hometown.

what do you mean?

my father's family trace their history back through Kufa to hira.

thats very nice. You probably go back to a christian tribe. then converted to islam, then converted to athiesm. whats next for you?

our family only converted to islam recently (19th century!) and "joined" one of the main "tribes" during the ottoman-wahabi wars for protection... like many urban families of the time.

hmm very interesting to know.

Are we talking about Al-Hirah?

If so that's an old town of the Lakhmids.

But I have a hard time believing that most people in that area first converted to Islam 200 years ago. I mean the rest of Southern Iraq was majority Muslim since over thousand years before the time of your tribes conversion to Islam.

Anyway, so you are saying that most inhabitants of Kufa were Christians less than 200 years ago?

Interesting but it's the first time I hear about this.

no. most families were not urban. so only a small minority were still christian by the 18th century. But certainly at the end of the abbasid period the vast majority were still christian and jewish... much of the conversions happened over periods of strife where jizya and other oppressive measures forced people to convert to islam and the various conflicts forced people to seek protection by joining arab bedu tribes. its a process that happened over a number of centuries during the "dark ages" of Iraq... 14th - 19th century.

OTOH the "migrant arab" families from hejaz (like my mother's family) were always muslim and the local Iraqis (for whatever reason!) wanted to emulate and copy these migrants and looked up to them as "superiors"... I understand that the dark-ages of Iraq 14th-19th century pretty much destroyed our people's self-confidence and pride.

Do you have any sources that confirm what you are saying?

How many urban tribes are we talking about? What was the population of Kufa 200 years ago? The population of Iraq was about 3 million 100 years ago - with the vast majority living in Baghdad, the north, Basra and all the major cities around Baghdad.

So I guess Kufa had a population no bigger than 50.000 200 years ago of which how many were truly urban? 10-20 percent?

What? Iraq was majority Muslim and was since the Abbasid Caliphate. There were Jewish and Christian minorities and other smaller minorities that still live in Iraq to this very day but this was the case all over the Arab world, even in KSA!

Iraq was the center of the Muslim world and is only second in importance to Hejaz historically!

That's a bad example since the Banu Hashim tribe were not even bedouin (nomadic) generations before Prophet Muhammad (saw) was born but merchants in Hejaz.

Not sure what you mean by "superior" but I don't think the local population had anything to envy their fellow Arabs arriving from nearby regions given the already huge Islamic traditions in Iraq and it's significance in Islam.

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Souq in Najaf

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Imam Ali Mosque

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صحن فاطمة الزهراء عليها السلام

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josef, what are they building?

josef, what are they building?

صحن فاطمة الزهراء عليها السلام

اخ elusive

fazl1991 بالاضافة لرد الاخ
مشكورا فان الصحن سيكون مغلق ومتعدد الطوابق والوضائف

صحن فاطمة الزهراء عليها السلام

LOL are we supposed to know what this is?

chounz

وضع خطط لتوسيع العتبة العلوية ومجلس النجف يرصد 50 مليار دينار لاستملاك أراض محيطة

أعلنت الأمانة العامة للعتبة العلوية في محافظة النجف، الاثنين، عن وضع خطط لتوسيع العتبة لاستيعاب الأعداد الإضافية من الزائرين، فيما أكدت أن مجلس المحافظة رصد 50 مليار دينار لاستملاك الأراضي المحيطة بالحرم العلوي.
وقال عضو الأمانة العامة للعتبة والمسؤول الفني فيها عبد الصاحب خوام إن العتبة العلوية بدأت تضيق بالزائرين القادمين إليها، مبيناً أنها بقيت على مساحتها الحالية منذ أكثر من 100 عام بينما يزداد أعداد الزائرين كل عام لاسيما بعد 2003.
وأضاف خوام أن العتبة وضعت خططاً للتوسع غرباً عبر بناء صحن فاطمة الزهراء وعلى مساحة تتجاوز 50 ألف متر مربع، مشيراً إلى أن الصحن الجديد سيكون بأربعة طوابق في بعض مناطقه وأكثر في مناطق أخرى وسيضم عدة أماكن للعبادة وقراءة القرآن ومكتبة ضخمة ودار ضيافة وأجنحة إدارية.

LOL are we supposed to know what this is?

Oh well I tried!

Oh well I tried!

You just copy-pasted his caption at the top of the pictures which I had already seen. :D

chounz

وضع خطط لتوسيع العتبة العلوية ومجلس النجف يرصد 50 مليار دينار لاستملاك أراض محيطة

أعلنت الأمانة العامة للعتبة العلوية في محافظة النجف، الاثنين، عن وضع خطط لتوسيع العتبة لاستيعاب الأعداد الإضافية من الزائرين، فيما أكدت أن مجلس المحافظة رصد 50 مليار دينار لاستملاك الأراضي المحيطة بالحرم العلوي.
وقال عضو الأمانة العامة للعتبة والمسؤول الفني فيها عبد الصاحب خوام إن العتبة العلوية بدأت تضيق بالزائرين القادمين إليها، مبيناً أنها بقيت على مساحتها الحالية منذ أكثر من 100 عام بينما يزداد أعداد الزائرين كل عام لاسيما بعد 2003.
وأضاف خوام أن العتبة وضعت خططاً للتوسع غرباً عبر بناء صحن فاطمة الزهراء وعلى مساحة تتجاوز 50 ألف متر مربع، مشيراً إلى أن الصحن الجديد سيكون بأربعة طوابق في بعض مناطقه وأكثر في مناطق أخرى وسيضم عدة أماكن للعبادة وقراءة القرآن ومكتبة ضخمة ودار ضيافة وأجنحة إدارية.

Okay thanks Josef... so what's a 'sa7in'? Basically like an islamic center right?

chounz

صحن الامام الرضا ع
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صحن الامام الكاظم ع

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صحن الامام الحسين ع

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صحن الامام علي ع

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هو المكان الذي يحوط بالمرقد ويكون متعدد الوضائف، الصلاة، احياء المناسبات، استراحة، غرف اجتماعات، مكاتب السدنة، غرف مبيت الخ... ويكون اما مكشوف او مغلق او كما سيكون باذن الله في النجف الاشرف متعدد الطوابق

You just copy-pasted his caption at the top of the pictures which I had already seen. :D

Okay thanks Josef... so what's a 'sa7in'? Basically like an islamic center right?

No it's like an open space (mostly empty) and usually it's fitted with marble stone (marmar) for the floor of the Sahan and eventually most of it wii be covered with Persian rugs. It's used for praying in groups or individually and other activities. It also contains places for other services such as water for wuthou and etc.

Alright thanks guys I get it now..

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Shatt Al Kufa

Very nice

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Is this a thread for Najaf only or Najaf Province as well? If it's the latter then I will post some pictures from the Masjid al-Kufa - one of the oldest mosques in the world.

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Mosque in Kufa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34874211@N02/3313175525/) by ziyaratguide (http://www.flickr.com/people/34874211@N02/), on Flickr

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Mosque in Kufa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34874211@N02/3314002052/) by ziyaratguide (http://www.flickr.com/people/34874211@N02/), on Flickr

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Mosque in Kufa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34874211@N02/3313175279/) by ziyaratguide (http://www.flickr.com/people/34874211@N02/), on Flickr

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Clocktower of Masjid E Azam Kufa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/taharaja/7063191863/) by taharaja (http://www.flickr.com/people/taharaja/), on Flickr

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Minaret and Babul Rehmat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/taharaja/7063194717/) by taharaja (http://www.flickr.com/people/taharaja/), on Flickr

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Minaret and Sidewall of Kufa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/taharaja/6917115702/) by taharaja (http://www.flickr.com/people/taharaja/), on Flickr

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HDR Night View of Kufa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/taharaja/7063198925/) by taharaja (http://www.flickr.com/people/taharaja/), on Flickr

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Kufa_Mosque,_1915[1] (http://www.flickr.com/photos/abul-hassan/5560549674/) by ahassancanada (http://www.flickr.com/people/abul-hassan/), on Flickr

Children outside the mosque:

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Last one belongs to Iraqi faces :)

Yes, it probably does but I hope it is allowed to post pictures of Iraqis in other threads as well. It was just because that picture was part of the collection. I really like the Masjid al-Kufah. Would love to visit it one day. Are Sunnis allowed? I guess yes.

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Yes, it probably does but I hope it is allowed to post pictures of Iraqis in other threads as well. It was just because that picture was part of the collection. I really like the Masjid al-Kufah. Would love to visit it one day. Are Sunnis allowed? I guess yes.


ya3ni what sort of question is that???

I said probably yes but I am not 100 percent sure. After all it is an Shi'ah mosque. What I meant was whether Sunnis also pray there or if that is rare. I know that you can enter any mosque regardless of sect.

you will be happy to hear that all my sunni relatives have been there many times and were not kidnapped or murdered.

Well I was not aiming towards that. Nor expecting such a scenario to happen in the first place. I am more interested in hearing whether it's normal for Sunnis to attend prefers in the masjid as well?

sunnis only avoid these places during the major "pilgrimage" times of the year. otherwise in karbala / najaf every thursday afternoon thousands of people from ramadi, falluja, baghdad etc... go to visit.

Yes, I know that and it's pleasing. What I am aiming towards is whether it's regularly attended by Sunnis as well or just occasionally? I am talking about the Masjid al-Kufah and not Karbala or Najaf.

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Well I was not aiming towards that. Nor expecting such a scenario to happen in the first place. I am more interested in hearing whether it's normal for Sunnis to attend prefers in the masjid as well?

When I was at Imam Ali (AS) earlier this year, I saw a Sunni brother praying with us. It was really nice tbh.

Also, in Karbala especially, there are LOADS of taxis from Anbar, Tikrit (a few I've seen), although I'm not sure if they are Sunni brothers driving them.

Also, any person is allowed in Masjid al-Kufa - they don't ask what sect when you enter (I don't think they ask that at any mosque).

nice picture akhi. What's the building used for?

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انته الاجمل حبيبي سنجوري
والله ماادري اني هم حبيت اعرف

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In this photo taken in Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, a man walks past empty shops in Najaf, Iraq The plunge in Iran's currency is proving bad for business in neighboring Iraq. Fewer Iranians are now able to afford visits to Shiite holy sites here and elsewhere in Iraq because each dollar or Iraqi dinar now costs roughly three times what it did as recently as last year. That has pushed the price of organized tours up sharply and made Iraqi merchants far less willing to accept rials as payment. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Wow, looks very nice!

^^
+1!

What is the construction in the right side of the pic?

^^
+1!

What is the construction in the right side of the pic?

Don't know..

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Kufa

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هذا المكان حلو وضخم، لكن يحتاج الى اشارات مرورية وارشادية كوننا تيهنا في المرة الاولى

الف شكر

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Najaf and Kirkuk after two days of rain.
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that's because kirkuk had 3x more rain than najaf.

^^

I know, but its a typical Iraqi way to alter the facts :lol:

I know that... and I hate the retardation of all these things. Iraqis are incapable of looking at things honestly. such stupid "comparisons" by people who think they're "smart" is woeful... sadly its a trait that's going from strength to strength. its either a najafi/southerner saying "look at how much better we are organised now compared to before" or its done by someone saying "look at how the shroogis are oppressing the good provinces of Iraq"... both perspectives being completely illogical as well as factually inaccurate.

telling half of the "truth" is being used widely by everyone these days, the Iraqi politicians are a really good example.
The intelligent people usually ignore it when it suits their interest and the ignorant people believe it. Sadly the majority of the people are ignorant...

lol, funny thing is, whoever made that photo obviously has mo idea of the level of retardedness/corruption associated with the drainage system currently under construction in Najaf.

Practically everyone in Najaf knows about it.

The original plan (in 2010) was that all the newly laid pipes would be connected to a new water treatment facility located in Kufa (right next to the old one, which for some bizarre reason they dont want to rehabilitate), this project was costing us hundreds of millions of dollars, however, midway through the project, they realized that the land was becoming more and more elevated as they reach Kufa (yes, they're so retarded they never even did the necessary geological surveys), so now what they're doing is, abandoning the entire previous works and starting again from scratch, this time, the water treatment facility is going to be located on the bahr il Najaf side, in the complete opposite directions and pipes are being directed towards there.

This is just they're biggest blunder with this project. others include:

- allocating approximately $31 for German pipe joints, but instead installing cheap Iranian variants worth no more than $10 Max, which are already already breaking down.

- No proper coordination between subcontractors installing the pipes, resulting in pipes not aligning up in the designated positions.

- All the suburbs being dug up simultaneously, yet construction only occurring at approximately 10% of them at the same time, with the rest having to wait 1 or 2 years before construction reaches them.

- Contractors reselling their contracts to others while pocketing a portion of the intended sum, resulting in the end product being substandard and not worth half the intended sum.

i could go on and on about this, but you's get the point, Najaf may look like its improving on the outside, but its mostly private investment where anyone with a plot of land on a main road is building a 3+ story hotel, market, etc.

They provincial council is still as corrupt as ever and the people of Najaf already know this, its just people outside of Najaf who dont see this.

lol, funny thing is, whoever made that photo obviously has mo idea of the level of retardedness/corruption associated with the drainage system currently under construction in Najaf.

Practically everyone in Najaf knows about it.

The original plan (in 2010) was that all the newly laid pipes would be connected to a new water treatment facility located in Kufa (right next to the old one, which for some bizarre reason they dont want to rehabilitate), this project was costing us hundreds of millions of dollars, however, midway through the project, they realized that the land was becoming more and more elevated as they reach Kufa (yes, they're so retarded they never even did the necessary geological surveys), so now what they're doing is, abandoning the entire previous works and starting again from scratch, this time, the water treatment facility is going to be located on the bahr il Najaf side, in the complete opposite directions and pipes are being directed towards there.

This is just they're biggest blunder with this project. others include:

- allocating approximately $31 for German pipe joints, but instead installing cheap Iranian variants worth no more than $10 Max, which are already already breaking down.

- No proper coordination between subcontractors installing the pipes, resulting in pipes not aligning up in the designated positions.

- All the suburbs being dug up simultaneously, yet construction only occurring at approximately 10% of them at the same time, with the rest having to wait 1 or 2 years before construction reaches them.

- Contractors reselling their contracts to others while pocketing a portion of the intended sum, resulting in the end product being substandard and not worth half the intended sum.

i could go on and on about this, but you's get the point, Najaf may look like its improving on the outside, but its mostly private investment where anyone with a plot of land on a main road is building a 3+ story hotel, market, etc.

They provincial council is still as corrupt as ever and the people of Najaf already know this, its just people outside of Najaf who dont see this.

Well if people is aware of this then they would probably vote for other good people in the coming elections i suppose?

vote for the latm and qeema. they'll protect you from the wahabis. but i digress...

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Wow, beautiful!

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I was right guys about the rain. Is the marshes floooded now?

غروب على احدى البحيرات في منطقة بحر النجف, جو هادئ وطبيعة جميلة

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"أنا عراقي .. أنا أقرأ" هذا اليوم في النجف


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Wow you are doing an amazing job MG.

The cultural centre in Najaf seems complete, what is that building in the background of the last image?

Wow you are doing an amazing job MG.

The cultural centre in Najaf seems complete, what is that building in the background of the last image?

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Wow you are doing an amazing job MG.




Thanks a lot hbibi alshawi :)

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Najaf municipality

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Najaf looks good so far.

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الكوكب العراقي صورك مال كربلاء

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imam ali dome Najaf

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الله خوش صور بوركت

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Najaf Stadium

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حي الرحمة


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شارع الغدير-فرات


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lol, that's my neighborhood :D

BTW, The City council Building designed by Dewan and currently under construction is on the left side of that road.

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Taken by الفتلاوي

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Kufa-Najaf road
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Great mosque of Kufa.

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The gate of Kufa University:
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taken by حسنين عجينه

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