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Photos from Mosul (Nineveh)
The Forgotten City
December 2007
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12 February 2008
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These
photographs were taken under very difficult conditions; frequently from
behind the windscreen and windows of the car
because of the critical security situation. This shows the photographer
attempting a quick snapshot. |
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Destruction
and neglect were the common theme seen in this ancient historical city of
Nineveh
amid chaos that involved every aspect of life
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Destruction
and neglect everywhere
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Neglect and non-existent
intra-structure
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Historical sites; the hills under which lies
5000 years of civilization. Antiquity screaming. |
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Even good
neighbourhoods have not escaped destruction |
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Exhausting
Art!
Creativity
in art goes on even amid disaster and poverty.
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Garbage
and refuse every where; workmen using the most up-to-date technology!. |
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Domestic
electricity generator cables have replace the national electricity supply
and dominate the skyline of Nineveh. |
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A sight that almost disappeared makes a
comeback; the old gasoline
heaters have returned after over 18 years of almost no electricity.
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Dry forestry:
draught and neglect |
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No
movement, no progress and poverty is on the increase.
The blind and disabled have to use the main streets as
curbs are too uneven
and damaged to use.
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Knowledge |
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Nineveh
had the first school with desks made of stone and it produced the first
novel by a women in the entire history of civilization. Now it's academics,
women and men, are being threatened, killed or forced to leave the country.
Mosul's
people, the inventors of civilization remain despite the odds, to worship
knowledge and pay homage to the written word. Bookshops remain crowded but
have been
starved by decades of disasters and neglect. |
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Doctors,
academics and professionals have left the city, fleeing ongoing campaigns
of assassinations and kidnaps. |
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Satellites
and mobiles were forbidden by the previous regime. Now, Mosul's people can
at least watch satellite TV but the power comes only 2 hours a day! Those who
can afford to rely mainly on small generators, not sufficient to heat the
water, but
innovative Mosul's people refuse to succumb.
Daytime naps in the absence of quietness at
night from the US helicopters and jets noise. |
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Mosul's
Right Bank
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View
of the right bank of Mosul with the old Iron Bridge which has
survived.
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The Iron bridge, the first bridge built
on the Tigris in Mosul.
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Where to?
Where
is Mosul heading? Even road signs don't escape the bullets.
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No end to the tunnel
of miseries? How much longer must
Mosul/Nineveh suffer? Why has the world has forgotten these resilient
proud people who refuses to succumb to humiliation? |
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When
will Mosul return to being known as the Mother of Two Springs?
For how much longer will helicopters and jets disturb
the basic physiological needs of life
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Ambiguous
smile, puzzled facial expressions. Is he wondering if I was mad taking photos
in the middle of dangers or has he just forgotten how to smile as a
child? |
When
will the true laughter return to the faces of these children. 30% of
children in Mosul suffers from extreme stress. |
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Mosul
continues to suffer vicious cycles and turmoil. |
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Farewell to Iraq, debilitated Euphrates??
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Al-ZANJILI
WAR CRIME
January 2008 |
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Reports on
those
responsible for the Al-Zanjili tragedy in Mosul
Click picture to enlarge |
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