The Art and Soul of Mosul

Stories of resilience, revival, and recovery through culture

In collaboration with Al-Ghad Radio, Iraq

Al-Ghad Radio

Rising from the ruins

Discover what happened in Mosul during the ISIS occupation and how the city is being revived

What Happened in Mosul?

Director of Al-Ghad Radio introduces the Return to Mosul Exhibition

How Art Returned to Mosul

Learn how the 'Return to Mosul' exhibition came together

The faces of Mosul

The innocents caught up in the occupation of Mosul

Explore the city

Discover the Stories

Art and culture in the crisis

Tour Mosul's Monuments

Walk the historic streets still standing

Explore in 3D

Lost heritage recreated

Voices from Mosul

Hear artists tell their stories from the occupation and discover how the residents are taking back Mosul

Listen to the Personal Experiences of Artists in Mosul

Intimate conversations covering the dark days of war and the city's cultural revival

Searching For Traces of Light With Hakam Al Kattib

Live through the artist's experiences as he recounts the burnt artworks, loss, and hope

The Stories of Mosul

How the occupation affected the city, its people, and its soul

From Suppression to Expression

How the color and art once forbidden by extremists are now being used to spread hope

The Hopeful Future of Mosul

The city's return to its former self

Mosul in Music

Mosul through the eyes of its musicians.

Stories of loss and resilience

Explore artworks that capture the courage and spirit of Mosul's people

A Tale of 'Two Springs'

Destroyed temples, missing street signs, and landmarks changed beyond recognition

The Impact of the Occupation on Mosul's Children

Overcoming the aftermath of interrupted education and thinking fun is forbidden

What Was Life Like For Women?

And how they remained strong through years of conflict, hardship and subjugation

A new wave of art

Take a guided tour of new artworks created from the conflict

Raw emotion

Dramatic, distorted, and dreamlike

Destruction and displacement

The anguish and terror of the occupation

A vision of hope

The new life being built in Mosul

Explore the artworks by color

From turquoise blues to deep reds

Red

Blue

Green

Yellow

Orange

Walk the streets of Mosul

See the war ravaged streets and how life is returning

A Virtual Tour of Mosul's Old City

Culture surviving against the odds

How people are living everyday life in a situation that's anything but

Rising from the rubble

From Battleground to Playground

What is it like to grow up in the streets of Mosul during and after the war

Inside the homes

Behind Decorative Doors

Discover the details of Maslawi homes in Mosul through the lens of photographer Moyasser Nasser

See the transformation

Out of the Blue

When a community in Mosul worked together to rebuild their neighbourhood and spread joy to their surroundings

Dig into the debris

The Book Massacre of Mosul

How young Maslawis came together to salvage what was left from the bombing of the University of Mosul's library

Reviving a symbol

Learn about the history, cultural significance, and destruction of the Al Nuri mosque at the heart of Mosul

Al-Nuri: A Complex Story

Explore the Al Nuri mosque before and after and learn about the efforts to reconstruct this important landmark

A 360 Tour of Al-Nuri mosque

See the lost landmark from all angles in this 360 video

The Challenges of Rescuing Heritage

Suzanne Bott explains the impact war and conflict has had on heritage sites in Iraq

Tour recreated sites in 3D

Explore the details of the historic Nuri Complex before they were destroyed

ExploreAl-Nuri ComplexVisit the Nuri complex grounds

ExploreAl-Nuri MosqueStep inside and view the mosque

Recreating lost heritage

Zoom into 3D models of destroyed cultural artifacts

The Lion Roars Again

The story of the digital reconstruction of the Lion of Mosul statue

See The Lion of Mosul in 3D

The statue that guarded the temple of Ishtar

Set in stone

Discover some of Mosul's oldest buildings that still survive today

One of Mosul’s Oldest Churches

Tour the church of Saint Thomas

Mosul’s First Mosque

The ups and downs of the Umayyad Mosque

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Online Stories

Artworks

3D Models