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Bagdhad 2011. Zona residenziale di Al Zawraa. Donna In the 1980 Saddam Hussein conceived a grandiose urban plan, in order to build houses for the middle class employed in the public sector. Near the old city center he start to Built – with Turkish and Corean companies – 9 floors high residential settlements based on the Russian Socialist architecture model. With inside supermarkets, gyms, primary schools, and other facilities. Due to the growing rent after the fall of Saddam Regime, many people are leaving this areas looking for cheap houses. Those that still have a job can move out of the city, the low class goes occupying abandoned buildings in the citycenter.