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May 2025

From Aleppo to Mosul: A History of Soap, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange
How a centuries-old exchange shaped the city’s economic and cultural identity
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The Blacksmiths’ Market of Mosul: A Craft in Continuity
Fourteen Centuries of Metalwork in a Living Urban Heritage Site
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Khān al-Kumruk (al-Jumruk): Mosul’s Historic Station on the Silk Road
Reviving a Forgotten Trade Hub at the Crossroads of Civilizations
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Why a Lion Mattered More Than a Massacre
In Mosul, the world rescued a lion. It barely noticed the massacre just blocks away
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Inherited Ruins: Intergenerational Memory in Mosul After ISIS
Beyond rebuilding infrastructure, Mosul must reckon with the enduring psychological and generational impact of its destruction
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Archives: Green Mosul Film
A documentary record of Mosul Eye's environmental initiative, Green Mosul, launched in November 2021 to replant trees and restore greenery in post-war…
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From the Archives: A Dialogue Between a Spymaster and a Historian – General David Petraeus and Omar Mohammed on Iraq (2020)
Insights and Reflections on Conflict, Resilience, and the Quest for Peace in Post-2003 Iraq
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On What We Remember, What We Forget, and Who Decides
From the ruins of Mosul to the silence of official memory, this essay explores how narratives of destruction and recovery are constructed, circulated…
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The Jewish Archives of Mosul in the 19th century
Translated Correspondence and Reports from the Alliance Israélite Universelle and the French Consulate (1880–1913)
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June 2024

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