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The UNESCO-led effort to restore the historic Al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul has come to a halt this week after recent discoveries and feedback from the community have prompted a change of direction from the cultural agency. The Art Newspaper reports that the restoration was placed on hold after months...
Hareedy was among the team of Egyptian architects who won the UN design comeptition for the reconstruction of Mosul's Al-Nouri Mosque
UNESCO Opens 'Plan Exhibit' On How to Restore Mosul Landmarks Published May 25th, 2021 - 06:57 GMT Old Mosul of Iraq (Shutterstock) Highlights “The spirit of Mosul is, first and foremost, reflected in the diversity of its communities, which had lived together peacefully for centuries.” The United Nations’ cultural agency has opened an exhibit detailing plans to restore multicultural landmarks in the Iraqi city of Mosul, underlining the role of architecture in helping heal wounds. Also Read The exhibit, “Revive the Spirit of Mosul,” is being held on the sidelines of the 17th I...
May 24, 2021 Share The United Nations’ cultural agency has opened an exhibit detailing plans to restore multicultural landmarks in the Iraqi city of Mosul, underlining the role of architecture in helping heal wounds. The exhibit, “Revive the Spirit of Mosul,” will be featured on the sidelines of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, which opened Saturday after a one-year pandemic delay under the title: “How will we live together?” The Venice Biennale’s central question resonates in particular in Iraq, which is experiencing turbulent change, and the old city of Mo...
May 24, 2021 Share The show, titled “Revive the Spirit of Mosul,” is taking place on the fringes of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, which opened Saturday after a one-year hiatus under the title “How will We Live Together?”. The central question of the Venice Biennale resonates particularly in Iraq, which is undergoing rapid change, and in Mosul’s old city, where extremists demolished 80 percent of the city’s monuments during the city’s 36-month occupation by the Islamic State party. Iraq is one of three countries that will be represented at the Biennale f...