The Najaf Popular Environment and its Representations in The Drawings of Middle School Students

Abstract

The Iraqi people’s environment in general and Najafiya in particular, and its buildings, buildings, alleys, cafes, shops, the movement of people and street vendors, represent an essential part of the city’s history and identity, which is still distinct in all its features to this day, retaining its basic and distinctive components, Despite the urban and cultural changes that occurred.

The simple components, the compact design, and the beautiful implementation of the Najaf popular environment are based on the foundations and a unique and distinctive building and formation system that we may not find anywhere else, and thus form a fertile and rich material for all researchers, scholars and creators, and at the same time it represents the popular memory and living witness to different events and stories Its echo still resonates between the sides of its narrow alleys and its intertwined chains, inspiring and drawing the attention of all those who enter it over time, and therefore these places were an essential material in the drawings of middle school students and an important part in implementing their ideas and expressing their talents, due to the connection of these students with this reality in which they live and their proximity to it , they watch it every day and feel its formations and its bright and shining colors.