An elderly man has been standing for years on the streets near Mosul University, offering books for free to anyone who wants to borrow them. Many of those who take the books are students from the ...
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The Doors of Mosul: Conceptual art project unlocks the past to heal present woundsMosul’s Old City, once a battleground, is now home to a breathtaking work of art: two majestic alabaster gates adorned with ...
The storied library of Iraq's Mosul University boasted a million titles before Islamic State group jihadists rampaged through it, toppling book shelves and burning ancient texts. Now, almost five ...
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 ...
“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 ...
British author Edmund de Waal says he will donate almost 2,000 books to the Mosul University Library in Iraq to help rebuild its collection, which was partly destroyed by Daesh terrorists in 2015.
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A project to restore the ancient Iraqi city of Mosul would not have been possible without the UAE’s support, director-general of United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organization ...
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