page_title: Mohamed Makiya
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Mohamed Makiya / Work
caption_attribution_description: العربية: جامع الخلفاء في بغداد ويقع في شارع الجمهورية قرب سوق الغزل في الشورجة وهو من المساجد القديمة ولقد هدم وجدد بنيانه في عام 1957 ويحتوي على مأذنة أثرية بنيت قبل سبعة قرون وهي أقدم أثر معماري باقي في بغداد من عهد الخلافة العباسية English: Al-Khulafa Mosque in Baghdad is located in Al-Gomhuria Street near the Spinning Market in Shorja. It is an old mosque. It was demolished and rebuilt in 1957. It contains an ancient minaret built seven centuries ago. It is the oldest architectural monument in Baghdad from the Abbasid Caliphate
context_page_description: Mohamed Makiya was an Iraqi architect and one of the first Iraqis to gain formal qualifications in architecture. He is noted for establishing Iraq's first Department of Architecture at the University of Baghdad and for his architectural designs which incorporated Islamic motifs such as calligraphy in an effort to combine Arabic architectural elements within contemporary works.
context_section_description: For a time, he was one of Saddam Hussein's top architects, participated in Hussein's multi-million dollar rebuilding projects and helped to build Hussein's palaces. He also built numerous commercial buildings, including banks, libraries, government offices  and private residences. In addition, he won competitions for designs for public projects, such as the Baghdad State Mosque and the Tikrit Ceremonial Parade Grounds, that never came to fruition.
  Major public works
  Khulafa Mosque (1960–63) - based on a design extracted from the 9th-century Abassid mosque and built around the surviving minaret
  Rafidain Bank, Basra (1970)
  Sheikh Mubarak Building, Bahrain (1973) 
  International Hilton Hotel, Dubai (1974)
  Siddique Mosque, Doha (1978)
  Al-Andalus housing complex, Doha (1983) 
  Kuwait State Mosque (1978-1984) 
  Headquarters for the Regional Arab Organisers, Kuwait (1982–87)
  Headquarters of the League of Arab States, Tunis (1983)
  Great Mosque, Oman (1995-2002)
  Publications
  Makiya contributed many articles to newspapers and scholarly journals as well as chapters in monographs.
  (Sole-authored) Turāth al-rasm al-Baghdādī by Mohamed Makiya, Wizārat al-Iʻlām, al-Lajnah al-Taḥḍīrīyah li-Mihrajān al-Wāsiṭī, 1972
  (Sole-authored) Baghdad by Mohammed Makiya,  London, Al-Warrak Publishing Ltd, first published in 1962 and reprinted in 2005
  (Joint-authored) Ḫawāṭir as-sinīn by Moḥamed Makīya and Rašīd al- Ḫaiyūn, Bairūt Dār as-Sāqī,  2005
  (Contributor) Third World Planning Review, Volume 10, Liverpool University Press, 1988
caption: The Khulafa Mosque in Baghdad was Makiya's first major commission
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