Al-Saydiya ( ar, السيدية) is a neighborhood in the
Al Rashid district of southwestern
Baghdad
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Baiyaa Al - Bayaa’ (Arabic: البياع) is a lower-middle-class neighborhood in the Al Rashid, Baghdad, Al Rashid district in western Baghdad, Iraq, along the Baghdad Airport Road. Hayy Al-A'amel, Al-A'amel is to the west and Al-Saydiya to the south.
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is to the north and
Dora to the east.
A once middle-class district, much of Al-Saydiya was built within the last three decades on prime real estate between
Baghdad Airport Road
The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area at the centre of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). It also links different parts of Bagh ...
and the main highway where it forks into central Baghdad and south to
Basra
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. Al-Saydiya is one of the turned-Sunni Arab areas after 2006–2007. Before that time it was mixed with respect to the facts that the majority sections of the neighborhood were overwhelmingly Sunni, like the officers' quarter reserved for Hussein loyalists. Minority were Shia. Others were mixed with other religions. Now, by general consent, Saydiya was one of the worst areas of Baghdad. Sunni insurgents plant roadside bombs intended for American troops and fire at the mainly Shia policemen from mosques and other buildings overlooking their bases and checkpoints. Thousands of Shia residents have fled.
As of 2015, Al-Saydiya remains mostly as a Muslim-Christian neighborhood, boosted by population from many Iraqi Governorates.
The place has calmed down since the end of the war, and currently has many schools and mosques. The most famous school in the district is "Al Saydiya Highschool for Boys".
It is regarded as a very wealthy part of Baghdad.
The most famous part of Al Saydiya is its very popular commercial street (Arabic: الشارع التجاري) that is split into two eastern and western parts, the street is home to many shops that sell clothes, jewelry, makeup and food. It also contains many medical clinics and some restaurants. There are also some side streets, such as Al-Khuzairan, Al Arba'in and Al Munazama.
There are 2 main parts of
Al saydiya; Al Dhubat (Arabic: الضباط) and Shuhadaa Al Saydiya. The latter is located more south of Baghdad while the first is right above north.
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Saydiya
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