Category: Mosul 2019

The Revival of Mar Behnam Monastery

The French organization "Fraternité en Irak" with funds from ALIPH have finished the reconstruction of one of the most important monasteries in Nineveh "Mar…

Église Notre-Dame de l’Heure is under reconstruction by UAE and UNESCO

Latin Church of Mosul is under reconstruction by UAE and UNESCO

Old Mosul: Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes

I would like to thank UNDP for rebuilding this house in the heart of the oldest part of Mosul. The house belongs to two…

Surviving Architecture of Old Mosul: Windows and Facades

In these photos you will see how the beautiful architecture of Old Mosul survived the most brutal war ever since the WWII. We call…

Surviving Architecture of Mosul: An appeal to ALIPH foundation to preserve the surviving Arches of Mosul.

I, Omar Mohammed, appeal to the Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH) Foundation to protect and preserve the survived unique…

Al Salihiyya: The Revival of an Ottoman Hammam in Old Mosul.

Hammam al Salihiyya, one of the old Ottoman Hammams in Old Mosul, built in 1755and was destroyed during the battle to retake the city…

In Pictures: The Revival Of Sham’un Al-Safa (Simon Peter) School in Old Mosul

Sham’un Al-Safa (Simon Peter) is one of the oldest official schools for Christian in Mosul established and attached to oldest church with the same…

First bookstore in Old Mosul reopened

Daud Salim the owner of Al Sham Bookstore has reopened his shop in al Najafi street. Daud is well known by researchers and intellectuals…

Old Mosul In Pictures : The Struggle For Survival

Our tour in Old Mosul July 13, 2019

Video: Two years after the liberation, the centre of Mosul’s bookshops and stationers is still in ruins

Two years since Mosul was liberated, but half of the city is still in ruins with no clear plan for reconstructions. We walked through…