Masgouf (), is a Mesopotamian dish consisting of seasoned, grilled carp; it is often considered the national dish of Iraq.
Outside of Iraq, masgouf is found in Damascus due to a high number of Iraqis who lived there after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Masguf arguably being the most famous dish of Iraq, it is also the one that is always the foremost served to foreign delegations visiting the country by the Iraqi statesmen. Two notable admirers of this dish are said to be the former President of France, Jacques Chirac and Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the former chairman of the Russian Duma. Chirac apparently fell for masgûf during a visit to Iraq in a formal dinner given to his honor by Saddam Hussein.