Secret weddings and phone calls in Mosul under IS
To celebrate her wedding in Mosul, Shaimaa covered herself in black to hide her dress and make-up from the jihadists on her way to the groom’s house. During the more than two years they spent under the control of the Islamic State group, many residents of the Iraqi city often defied the strict rules of […]To celebrate her wedding in Mosul, Shaimaa covered herself in black to hide her dress and make-up from the jihadists on her way to the groom’s house.
During the more than two years they spent under the control of the Islamic State group, many residents of the Iraqi city often defied the strict rules of the “caliphate” in the secrecy of their homes.
In the Hasansham displacement camp where they now live with thousands of other people who fled their homes since Iraqi forces launched a broad offensive to retake Mosul in mid-October, they recounted their big day.
