Mosul’s renowned minaret restored from ravages of Islamic State
Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...
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See Mosul’s Historic Leaning Minaret Tower, Rebuilt After Destruction by ISIS
Eight years after the Iraqi city was left in ruins, Mosul’s rich multicultural heritage is slowly but surely beginning to flower again ...
Why there’s a huge collection of vintage cars stored in the middle of the desert
A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh ...
Historic landmarks in Iraq’s Mosul are reopening as the city heals from Islamic State devastation
For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017. Nearly eight ...
The Star3d
Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt brick by brick
The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate" that committed atrocities across ...
Le Monde.fr4d
In Damascus, art re-emerges: 'We feel free and, at the same time, we're still afraid'
Emotions were running high among the dozens of Syrians gathered at the Zawaya Art Gallery in the heart of Damascus on January 15 for a screening that would be unprecedented in every way.
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Bodies of all 10 victims of Alaska plane crash have been recovered and ID’d, officials say
The bodies of all 10 people who were killed when a regional airline flight crashed off the coast of western Alaska have been recovered and identified, authorities said Saturday. “All ten ...
HELLO! Magazine1d
Kate Middleton, The Princess of Wales
The Princess of Wales has been married to Prince William since April 2011 and together they share three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The family reside at Adelaide ...
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The Evolution of Diet
It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...
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Unraveling the construction secrets of a 12th-century mosque at Chellah
What if we could unravel the secrets of how a 12th-century mosque at Chellah, a medieval fortified Muslim necropolis and ...