Daaboul Al Balam Mural

A folk mural celebrating Daaboul Al Balam — a beloved figure from Iraqi street life — painted on a wall in the heritage quarter near Souq Al Saray and Mutanabbi Street. The work belongs to a wave of public murals that have appeared across central Baghdad in the past decade, commissioned to brighten alleyways and to remind passers-by of the small, vivid characters who shaped neighbourhood culture in twentieth-century Baghdad. It is a brief, photogenic stop — visit it on a slow walk through the district rather than as a destination in itself.