Saddam Hussein news

Cultural space developments in the Gulf region continue apace with the opening of a new US$434m (€383m, £328.7m) museum in Doha, Qatar. The new National ... More

Based inside the former palace of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Basra Museum has just opened three new galleries – quadrupling its display space following its ... More

Citizens should be empowered to play a much more active role in the design of the built environment as part of democratic society, Daniel Libeskind ... More

A museum that opened in Saddam Hussein’s palace in September has been granted further funding in order to complete work on the galleries. A sum ... More

The palace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been given a new purpose, with Iraq’s government turning the former stronghold into the country’s first ... More

Iraq is planning to open its first new major museum since its occupation in 2003, with an art institution to open inside the former palace ... More

Daniel Libeskind yesterday (11 April) publicly revealed for the first time that he has been developing a Kurdistan Museum in Erbil, the capital of the ... More

Iraq's "Garden of Eden" is to become the country's first national park, after plans were approved by its Council of Ministers. The Mesopotamian Marshlands of ... More

Image: A Shine spa will be on offer at the new hotel Starwood Hotels and Resorts is to have a presence in Iraq for the ... More