Mine was Pride of Baghdad by Brian K Vaughan and Niko Henrichon and ever since then the flood gates have opened.

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In his book Taḥdīd al‐amākin, Bīrūnī mentions a lunar eclipse of 997 that he observed in Khwārizm, having arranged a simultaneous observation with Abū al‐Wafāʾ al‐Būzjānī who was residing in Baghdad. Bīrūnī's aim was to find the difference in longitude of the two cities.

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Today we celebrate medieval Arab mathematician Sutayta al-Mahamali (d. 987 CE). Born in Baghdad, a widely-consulted scholar of science and jurisprudence, she solved problems of inheritance requiring knowledge of a brand new field: algebra. https://t.co/SOUK78YX0a

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In 801-2 the Caliph of Baghdad sent an elephant to in Aachen, who so loved it that he wept when it died. And perhaps it was a favourite story of his grandson, Charles the Bald, as there’s a drawing of an elephant in the latter’s bible (https://t.co/ENDrTg268C)

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【アフタートーク開催決定!】
『忘れちまった生きものが、』にて以下のスケジュールで両氏とアフタートークを行います。

1月13日(日) 11:00 泉寛介(baghdad café)
1月13日(日) 15:00 戒田竜治(満月動物園)

公演の詳細はこちらより!
https://t.co/rfv33e3D9f

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"Art and Architecture between Lisbon and Baghdad" explores the little-known history of the involvement in modern Iraq, using unpublished original documents from the Foundation's archives and focusing on major projects
More info here: https://t.co/E7BFtj5gs3

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Joining us at The Surreal McCoy - a cartoonist published in the New Yorker, Spectator & more. Her recent work, The Wolf of Baghdad - explores her Iraqi-Jewish roots through a graphic memoir with its own soundtrack - https://t.co/jFIeNT6EcY

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Hayv Kahraman
Painter & sculptor
Born in Baghdad, 1981
Studied at the Academy of Art and Design, Florence.
Tens of solo & group exhibitions in Sweden, USA, UAE, Iraq, Qatar, UK, Italy & Turkey.

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The Baghdad-based cartoonist Khudair Alhimyari’s series on Iraq's culture of violence continues. In the cartoon below, a man reads the book "The Culture of Violence".

https://t.co/RtxGiCw3gn

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"Do not mind the neglect, the marginalization and lack of appreciation that you will get in your lifetime. Just die and see how we will love you, write about you, remember your time and praise you with the most beautiful poems." New cartoon by Khudair Alhimyari

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Hayv
(Artist born in 1981, Baghdad, Iraq. Lives and works in Arizona).

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"Certificate of Appreciation" the Baghdad-based cartoonish Khudair Alhimyari's take on Iraq's cultural award ceremonies. https://t.co/p3RMtXtpFh

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Coming:
New Poem "Lilies"
New Drawing "Al-Junayd of Baghdad" الجنيد البغدادي

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'Knowledge' a new series of cartoons by Baghdad-based cartoonist Khudair Alhimyari, commissioned by the Ruya Foundation.
https://t.co/NvOKlCwtDP

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'The Future of Libraries' according to Baghdad-cartoonist Khudair Alhimyari. The man on the left says 'make me a cocktail!'.
https://t.co/X6zVbNvskk

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"Inspired by my family's journey and Miss Tanner's journey through the region..."'s work inspired by

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Layla Nowras
Painter,
& activist.
Graduate of Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad, 1987
Resident of Canada since 2001

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