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          Mosul

          Pope Francis at Hosh Al Bieaa Church Square in Mosul in 2021. He prayed amid the rubble of a city devastated during its occupation by ISIS. AP

          Iraqis reflect on Pope Francis's historic visit to Mosul

          MENAApril 22, 2025
          The project reimagines the city’s lost heritage, transforming the functional architecture of doors into sculptural monuments engraved on both sides. Photo: Louis-Cyprien Rials

          The conceptual art project unlocking the past to heal present wounds

          MENAMarch 14, 2025
          The leaning Al Hadba minaret, nicknamed the 'hunchback', has been painstakingly restored. Reuters

          Unesco chief says Mosul ‘beacon of hope’ as Al Nuri Mosque restored

          MENAFebruary 05, 2025
          Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, was the first to fall into the hands of ISIS during their blitz in mid-2014. Photo: Abdul-Sattar Abdul-Jabar Sultan

          Library on wheels: A professor's journey to reignite passion for reading

          MENADecember 27, 2024
          This still from video posted to a militant website on July 5, 2014, shows then ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Al Nouri Mosque in Mosul. AP

          The ISIS 'caliphate' failed but extremism remains an evolving threat

          CommentJuly 18, 2024
          ISIS fighters parade through Mosul shortly after seizing control of the city in June 2014. AP

          Remembering the day ISIS seized Mosul 10 years ago

          MENAJune 07, 2024
          Al Masfi mosque, Mosul oldest mosque reopens. Photo: Aliph Foundation

          Mosul's oldest mosque reopens years after ISIS destruction

          IraqMarch 07, 2024
          Former Nineveh governor Najim Al Jabouri at the handover ceremony. Photo: Najim Al Jabouri / Facebook

          Resignation of Iraq's Nineveh province governor shocks residents

          IraqNovember 30, 2023
          Visitors at Barkah Bazaar in the old city of Mosul, northern Iraq. Photo: Ismael Adnan for The National

          The volunteer-run bazaar breathing life back into Mosul's old town

          Arts & CultureOctober 02, 2023
          Mourners during the funeral of victims of the fatal fire at a wedding celebration, in Hamdaniya, Iraq, on Thursday. Reuters

          'Who will help us?' ask Iraq wedding fire mourners

          MENASeptember 28, 2023
          People gather at the site of a deadly fire in the Qaraqosh area of Iraq’s Nineveh province. AP

          Survivors describe 'nightmare' Iraq fire that killed more than 100

          IraqSeptember 27, 2023
          A worker reassembles an artefact destroyed by ISIS at the Mosul museum in Iraq. AFP

          Efforts under way to restore historic Mosul museum

          IraqSeptember 25, 2023
          An Iraqi worker excavates a rock-carving relief at the Mashki Gate, one of the entrances to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, on the outskirts of Mosul. AFP

          Mosul archaeology project uncovers 'spectacular' Assyrian relics

          Arts & CultureAugust 21, 2023
          Homes in Mosul have been painstakingly restored by Unesco. Photo: Unesco

          Spirit of Mosul revived as restored homes returned to owners

          IraqJuly 25, 2023
          Renderings of the Mosul Cultural Museum, with the hole still visible in the Assyrian Hall. Photo: Mosul Cultural Museum

          Mosul Cultural Museum heralds new restoration programme

          Arts & CultureMay 11, 2023
          University students and staff host an ftar banquet on the banks of the Tigris river in Mosul, on Monday.

          War-damaged university in Mosul recovers to host Ramadan banquet

          IraqApril 11, 2023