Weekly documentary
Baghdad Tales
The story of the city as told by its people and its archive
- Airs
- Sunday, 16:30
- Rerun
- Rerun Monday, 00:30
- Season
- Season 6
Tigris floods in Baghdad's memory: from the Nazim Pasha embankment to the 1954 flood
Baghdadis used to count the flood seasons as they counted the holidays. The episode recalls the earthen embankment built by the governor Nazim Pasha to protect the city, the days of the 1954 flood when residents turned out to raise the levees, and the water storage projects that ended the era of great floods.
About the programme
Baghdad Tales
A journey through Baghdad's memory: the alleys, cafés and personalities that shaped the city's history.
Each week “Baghdad Tales” opens a door onto the capital's memory: an old neighbourhood, a literary café, a craft on the verge of dying out, or a figure who left a mark on the city. The programme draws on rare archive footage, some of it dating back to the 1920s, and on the testimony of those who lived through those days.
- Sunday, 16:30
- Monday, 00:30
- 60 minutes
- 2019
- Season 6
- Religion and culture
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Episodes of Baghdad Tales
3 episodes available to watch in full, with a player that remembers where you left off.
