Baiyaa


Al - Bayaa’ is a middle-class neighborhood in the Al Rashid district in western Baghdad, Iraq, along the Baghdad Airport Road. Al-A'amel is to the west and Al-Saydiya to the south.
First known as Al-Bayaa City, it was named after and built by Ali Al-Bayaa. A notable socialite, land owner and famous Iraqi businessman who, in the 1950s, envisioned a place in Iraq that could spearhead its drive towards modernity and inspire future generations to come. Today it is home to thousands of people.
Some of its most notable landmarks are:
Al-Bayaa is a plural neighborhood, home to various ethnic sects of Iraqi society. Relative to other neighborhoods, it remained somewhat calm during the Iraq War, but many stores have closed and many residents from Al-Bayaa fled the neighborhood in May 2007 as violence increased throughout the country.