Ghazaliya

Umm al-Maarik Mosque, 2003

Ghazaliya (Arabic: الغزالية) is a neighborhood in the western outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, in the city's Mansour district. To the north of Ghazaliya is the neighborhood of Al-Shu'ala, to the east is Al-Adel, to the south is Al Khadhraa, and to the west is Abu Ghraib. It is a working-class neighborhood of about 100,000 residents.[1] Ghazaliya is situated around six major streets that all end at farms that formerly belonged to Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam Hussein.

  1. ^ McDonnell, Patrick J. (8 July 2014). "Iraq militants' advance casts shadow over Baghdad neighborhood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 August 2014.