About: Kahramana

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Kahramana is a fountain located in Baghdad's Sa'adoon Street depicting a scene from the legend of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; a story taken from One Thousand and One Nights in which the slave girl Marjana outwitted the thieves by tricking them into hiding inside jars over which she poured hot oil. The statue was officially opened in 1971 and was the work of the Iraqi sculptor, Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. It has become one of Baghdad's most iconic public artworks. In the aftermath of the US-led invasion of 2003, the work assumed new meanings for the Iraqi people.

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  • نُصب كهرمانة هي نافورة تقع في شارع السعدون ببغداد تصور مشهدًا من أسطورة علي بابا والأربعون لصا. قصة مأخوذة من ألف ليلة وليلة، حيث تغلبت الخادمة مرجانا على اللصوص بخداعهم للاختباء داخل الجرار ثم سكبت عليها الزيت الساخن. تم افتتاح النصب رسمياً عام 1971 وكان من عمل النحات العراقي محمد غني حكمت. وأصبح أحد أكثر الأعمال الفنية العامة شهرة في بغداد. في أعقاب الغزو الذي قادته الولايات المتحدة عام 2003، اتخذ العمل معاني جديدة للشعب العراقي. (ar)
  • Kahramana is a fountain located in Baghdad's Sa'adoon Street depicting a scene from the legend of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; a story taken from One Thousand and One Nights in which the slave girl Marjana outwitted the thieves by tricking them into hiding inside jars over which she poured hot oil. The statue was officially opened in 1971 and was the work of the Iraqi sculptor, Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. It has become one of Baghdad's most iconic public artworks. In the aftermath of the US-led invasion of 2003, the work assumed new meanings for the Iraqi people. (en)
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  • Kahramana (en)
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  • Kahramana Square, Sa'adoon Street, Baghdad (en)
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  • Bronze (en)
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  • Kahramana Fountain (en)
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  • نصب كهرمانة (en)
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  • نُصب كهرمانة هي نافورة تقع في شارع السعدون ببغداد تصور مشهدًا من أسطورة علي بابا والأربعون لصا. قصة مأخوذة من ألف ليلة وليلة، حيث تغلبت الخادمة مرجانا على اللصوص بخداعهم للاختباء داخل الجرار ثم سكبت عليها الزيت الساخن. تم افتتاح النصب رسمياً عام 1971 وكان من عمل النحات العراقي محمد غني حكمت. وأصبح أحد أكثر الأعمال الفنية العامة شهرة في بغداد. في أعقاب الغزو الذي قادته الولايات المتحدة عام 2003، اتخذ العمل معاني جديدة للشعب العراقي. (ar)
  • Kahramana is a fountain located in Baghdad's Sa'adoon Street depicting a scene from the legend of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; a story taken from One Thousand and One Nights in which the slave girl Marjana outwitted the thieves by tricking them into hiding inside jars over which she poured hot oil. The statue was officially opened in 1971 and was the work of the Iraqi sculptor, Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. It has become one of Baghdad's most iconic public artworks. In the aftermath of the US-led invasion of 2003, the work assumed new meanings for the Iraqi people. (en)
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  • نصب كهرمانة (ar)
  • Kahramana (en)
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