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baghdad_sara · September 24th, 2010, 12:58 PM

Elusive do you have any pictures of the Basra Sheraton hotel?

baghdad_sara · September 24th, 2010, 02:21 PM

***elusive*** · September 24th, 2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by baghdad_sara

Elusive do you have any pictures of the Basra Sheraton hotel?

no unfortunately i couldn't find any...hopefully someone else may post some

baghdad_sara · September 24th, 2010, 08:46 PM

I tried too, is it a new hotel or just refurbishments of the one existing? Because i can only find this, http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/wp-...-Sheraton1.jpg , which is an old image.

***BigDreamer*** · September 25th, 2010, 02:41 AM

the zawra park has changed a lot since I was there.. they added lots of new rides, but i wonder what happened to the old ones that i went on when i was a kid ?!

I remember that it was much greener back when I was a kid, I hope they'll continue their rehabilitation effort.

***elusive*** · September 25th, 2010, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baghdad_sara

I tried too, is it a new hotel or just refurbishments of the one existing? Because i can only find this, http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/wp-...-Sheraton1.jpg , which is an old image.

renovation of the existing building, i had some on before but they were removed by the website...it looks much better despite what other people said lol

***elusive*** · September 25th, 2010, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by BigDreamer

the zawra park has changed a lot since I was there.. they added lots of new rides, but i wonder what happened to the old ones that i went on when i was a kid ?!

I remember that it was much greener back when I was a kid, I hope they'll continue their rehabilitation effort.

its in a bad state but yeah i hope it'll get renovated....baghdad zoo has great potential to be the leading/biggest zoo in the middle east once again

baghdad_sara · September 25th, 2010, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BigDreamer

the zawra park has changed a lot since I was there.. they added lots of new rides, but i wonder what happened to the old ones that i went on when i was a kid ?!

Chances are they most probably had been damaged

baghdad_sara · September 25th, 2010, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by elusive

renovation of the existing building, i had some on before but they were removed by the website...it looks much better despite what other people said lol

Thats good in a way because not much money would have been spent on the project so it can be used elsewhere.

Also, opinions over Iraqi buildings will always be disputed since the style of architecture used varies so much. It's either traditional historic looking or weird eccentric looking buildings, very rarely do we have normal glass buildings lol (Iraqi Kurdistan is most probably an exception to this rule)

***elusive*** · September 26th, 2010, 10:04 AM

Sahara Cafe:

view from a restaurant:

random cafe:

***elusive*** · September 29th, 2010, 08:49 AM

Iraqi sweets:

***elusive*** · September 29th, 2010, 02:07 PM

National Theatre of Iraq:

***elusive*** · September 29th, 2010, 02:14 PM

the iraqi house of fashions:

baghdad_sara · October 2nd, 2010, 12:58 PM

Great videos, so is the theatre more popular than cinema in Iraq?

sheytanElKebir · October 2nd, 2010, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by baghdad_sara

Great videos, so is the theatre more popular than cinema in Iraq?

well as far as I know there's no open commercial cinema in Iraq right now... sad I know.

baghdad_sara · October 2nd, 2010, 10:01 PM

Yes i gathered because i have never really heard about the movies in Iraq, well hopefully with so many television channels opening, audiences may be gripped to foreign as well as local movies that may kick start the film industry in Iraq and so demand in cinemas may be on the rise, who knows.

sheytanElKebir · October 2nd, 2010, 10:15 PM

well satellite TV and internet has actually reduced any chance of cinemas operating in iraq for the forseeable future. The old cinemas are completely dillapidated single-screen 1930s-1970s type cinemas.

Once large shopping malls are built, there may be a cinema revival in Iraq in modern multiplex-type cinemas. But that is a fair few years away still.

baghdad_sara · October 2nd, 2010, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

well satellite TV and internet has actually reduced any chance of cinemas operating in iraq for the forseeable future. The old cinemas are completely dillapidated single-screen 1930s-1970s type cinemas.

Once large shopping malls are built, there may be a cinema revival in Iraq in modern multiplex-type cinemas. But that is a fair few years away still.

Hmm thats interesting i would have thought otherwise but i do hope some start cropping up since it can provide as an enjoyable getaway for many of the locals.

***elusive*** · October 5th, 2010, 07:29 AM

the new mall in mansour will have modern cinemas but that's like 3-4 years away, i think there are out-door cinemas in baghdad?

***elusive*** · October 5th, 2010, 07:30 AM

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September 24th, 2010, 08:46 PM	#84
baghdad_sara Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,389 Likes (Received): 3	I tried too, is it a new hotel or just refurbishments of the one existing? Because i can only find this, http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/wp-...-Sheraton1.jpg , which is an old image.

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