As Omar reflects, “We are not just rebuilding Mosul; we are reviving our spirit. And that’s something no one can destroy.” Much remains to be done, but with UNESCO’s initiative, the Old City of Mosul ...

Mosul Cultural Museum director Zaid Ghazi Saadallah was one of its first graduates. Numerous other staff had been trained in its various courses, resulting in close, trusted professional ...

In Iraq, an entire city from the Bronze Age has been discovered in Mosul Dam. The Kemune archaeological site dates back around 3,400 years and was once an important city in the Mitanni Empire.

Mosul means “the linking point" in Arabic. For thousands of years, the city was a bridge between north, south, east and west—a melting pot of diverse cultures where ethnic, linguistic and religious ...

Since launching Mosul Book Bridge, the library has gathered around 20,000 books. He added: “My dream is that I stand again in front of the library and I see students going inside and borrowing ...

Ashwaq skips cheerfully past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Mosul’s Old City, holding her father’s hand as he shows her the streets their family have called home for generations. After years of ...

According to Othman, the Old Bridge – currently Mosul’s smallest and only fully functioning bridge – cost between $2.5m and $2.7m to rebuild. The Fourth Bridge, which is only partially ...

The damage to the old city of Mosul alone was estimated at $1bn (£760m). Between 50% and 75% of public buildings in the city of 1.4 million were thought to have been destroyed.

Go to Croton Gorge County Park (parking fee in season). Stand on the bridge atop the dam to see and appreciate the full length of the spillway in the rocky walls of the gorge.” Diona Koerner, ...

Mosul was unscathed in the U.S. invasion of 2003, but its Old City has been flattened in the war on ISIS. Iraqis there are getting no aid to recover.