Karim Wasfi, in full concert dress, played on a makeshift stage among the most iconic religious monuments of Iraq’s second city
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In pictures: Angelina Jolie visits the ruins of Iraq’s Mosul
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits Mosul, less than a year after the city’s liberation. She arrives in the city on the second day of the Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
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In pictures: UAE to rebuild historic Mosul’s Grand al-Nouri mosque and al-Hadba minaret
The UAE and Iraq signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cultural cooperation, with a landmark project in Mosul as a centerpiece of the agreement between the two countries. The reconstruction and restoration historic al-Nouri mosque and al-Hadba’ minaret of Mosul will continue over the course of five years and will be supervised by a joint committee including representatives of the Emirati and the Iraqi Ministries of Culture, UNESCO, the Iraqi Sunni Endowment, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and ICCROM Regional Office in Sharjah.
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UAE to help Iraq to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque destroyed by ISIL
UAE Culture Minister Noura al-Kaabi said her country would put forward $50m for the rebuilding