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A new generation of digital conservationists are using cutting edge virtual reality technology to revive war-damaged cultural heritage sites.
Dispatches from Guantanamo: Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi has been held at the infamous prison camp for 12 years. The military judge has just set his trial date for February 2020.
Mosul reconstruction to showcase UNESCO's 'importance'
The Islamic State group swept through a third of Iraq in 2014, seizing Mosul, the largest city in the north, and reaching the vicinity of Baghdad.
After IS, Mosul vows to restore its great monuments
Marta Bellingreri visits Mosul, tracing the history of its once grand monuments that celebrated its vibrant multi-cultural history, ...
Iraqis tell terrorists: you are not wanted
Comment: Grassroots activists are coming together to repair the colossal damage done to their society and heritage by the Islamic State group, ...
First reading festival held in post-IS Mosul
Hundreds of Iraqis attended the first reading festival in war-torn Mosul this week following the recapture of the city from Islamic State militants.
Hobby Lobby settlement whitewashes cultural colonialism in Iraq
Comment: Paying a fine and returning the looted antiquities is no compensation for a harmful sale that showed no concern for Iraqi historical ...
The Iraq Report: Iraq becomes vehicle for Iranian power
Analysis: Welcome to The New Arab's weekly digest of events in Iraq
Defiant Mosul students return for exams amid devastation
University of Mosul students returned to sit exams interrupted when Islamic State group militants took control of their city three ...
Poverty, war, bureaucracy: The obstacles hindering Iraq's education sector
In-depth: Political wrangling between rival administrations has exacerbated the hardships already faced by Iraq's schoolchildren and university ...
Ancient sites under the hammer by region's armed groups
From the Islamic State group to the Syrian regime, armed gangs and jet bombers are destroying Islamic sites in the Middle East and the region's ...
Turning Iraq into a 'blank slate'
Comment: The US and the IS have both tried to turn Iraq into a "blank slate" so they can recast the country in their own image, doing ...
Feature: The Islamic State Group's destruction of antiquities in Iraq is destroying the country's history.
Taking the Islamic world back to year zero
Feature: Extremists from Tunisia to Afghanistan have used Islam to destroy the ancient legacies left behind by their forefathers.
IS militants condemned for Mosul museum destruction
Islamic State group's smashing of priceless artefacts in name of Islam described as a "catastrophe" that has destroyed thousands of years of ...
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