Zayouna c’est la plus belle. ( point) 12 Apr 2003 It is a mixed-race, upper middle-class area bordering the affluent

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suburb. Organisations based in Zayouna include the

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; the "

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, ''Growing anger of ordinary Iraqis'', 6 September 2003 and Tariq bin Ziad High School, featured in British-American-French television documentary film,

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. The headquarters of the

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is based in Zayouna. It was established after the fall of

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. This neighbourhood has its name from a rich man called Zayouna who participated financially to the construction of an Orthodox Church. A majority of Zayouna is Christian with many ethnicities such as Assyrians, Kurds, and Arabs. Most of the houses that are built inside of Zayouna tend to range from a price of 400,000 (United States Dollars) to 800,000. Within the

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of the capital, Zayouna it is one of the 89 official neighbourhoods in Baghdad. The

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for Zayouna is 10091.

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