The Teaching of Fine Art in Iraq Is Deteriorating

By Gilgamesh Nabeel - Al-Fanar. As the cradle of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations, the country has an ancient tradition of art. That continued during the Islamic Medieval Ages, then dipped after the Mongol invasion, in 1258. But in the modern era, many globally known sculptors and many world-renowned architectural designers emerged from Iraq. More...