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Al-Shorja (Arabic, الشورجة) is a marketplace in Baghdad, Iraq. Located near Bab Al-Sharqi market, Shorja is Baghdad's largest and oldest market. Before the Farhud or anti-Jewish pogroms of 1941, Shorja was the primary and historic Jewish quarter of Iraq. The area east of Hennouni street was Jewish complete with historic synagogues and Jewish workshops and business. In 1950 and then 1968, most of the Jewish population left Baghdad and the rest of Iraq. The neighborhood was also called "Shuriyya."
On 1 April 2007, American presidential candidate John McCain, in an effort to illustrate that the security situation had improved, visited the Shorja marketplace. The visit was criticized by the New York Times as giving a false indication of how secure the area was due to the weighty security forces McCain brought with him. Indiana Representative Mike Pence was also criticized for visiting the market, under large security including helicopters overhead, and saying it was "like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime."
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