Photo feature by Alaa Al-Huwaijel
BAGHDAD, Oct 9 (KUNA) - Al-Rasheed Street stretches about four kilometers from Bab Al-Sharqi area to Al-Midan region towards Al-Rusafa district situated in the heart of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The street was initially called Khalil Pasha Street in reference to Khalil Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Baghdad at the time, who then named it Jadde Si.
Subsequently, the British changed its name after the occupation of Baghdad to Al-Nasr Street and Hindenburg Street.
Then it was named after the monarchy in Iraq in the year 1938, currently Al-Rasheed Street is named after the Abbasid Caliph Harun Al-Rashid.
Both sides of the street are lined with old heritage buildings and mosques, some of which were built in the 1920s, such as Haydar Khana Mosque, Murjan Mosque, Syed Sultan Ali Mosque and the Hussain Pasha Mosque, as well as many old cinemas that were abandoned at the present time as the Al-Najah Cinema, Al-Watani Cinema, Al-Zawraa Cinema, and Al-Khayam Cinema. (end) aah.lr