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Leading Iraqi artist dies:
Ismaiel Fattah, a leading Iraqi artist has died an hour after the private plane which carried him from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates landed in his hometown, Baghdad.

Fattah, who died on Thursday, is best known for designing the Martyr Sculpture in Baghdad, which is regarded as an artistic masterpiece combining fine art and architecture.

The sculpture, which includes 550 tons of steel, consists of two separate domes decorated with Abbasid ornament. A five metre height flag rises in the middle of the two domes.

A spring of water rises from the ground between the domes, to represent the eternity of martyrs' blood. The sculpture was inaugurated in 1986.

It was classified as the most beautiful design in the Middle East by Art in America magazine. [...]

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