“UNESCO and the University of Mosul submitted a survey to the local population, and we asked them to choose between two alternatives: Either we rebuild the minaret as it was, or we leave it in ...
More than 100 classrooms were renovated in Mosul. Thousands of historical fragments were recovered and catalogued from the rubble. Among the host of engineers involved in the rebuilding ...
The scars of ISIS still linger in Iraq, and the threat of extremism has not vanished. But hope has taken root in the ...
Mosul was liberated from ISIS in July, 2017—just over seven months ago. Like Raqqa, most of the city was destroyed and rebuilding efforts so far have either been unequally distributed and ...
So now after ISIS, there’s a power vacuum of who runs Mosul. “Yeah. This is not less important than the rebuilding. You see, if you go and build the city again, okay this is a critical need now.
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Sura Noori arrived in Mosul prepared to see destruction ... she had been working remotely from Baghdad to assist the engineers rebuilding Al Qayara Power Plant, 64 miles south of the city.
Now she's quite happy because she's in east Mosul in a school that is open again.” UNICEF and other nongovernmental organizations are helping to rebuild schools and make sure children have ...
More than 100 classrooms were renovated in Mosul. Thousands of historical fragments were recovered and catalogued from the rubble. Among the host of engineers involved in the rebuilding, 30% were ...
The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh. They began destroying monuments, churches, and mosques in conquered areas of ...