In Mosul exhibition, Iraqi artists process brutal rule of Islamic State
A raven perched on the shoulder of a woman with flaming hair is Iraqi artist Marwan Fathi’s symbol for the terrible events he and his home city Mosul have had to endure. Fathi’s work is on display in “Return to Mosul” - the city’s first art exhibition since before it was seized by Islamic State, […]Ayat Basma writes for Reuters:
A raven perched on the shoulder of a woman with flaming hair is Iraqi artist Marwan Fathi’s symbol for the terrible events he and his home city Mosul have had to endure.
Fathi’s work is on display in “Return to Mosul” - the city’s first art exhibition since before it was seized by Islamic State, whose ultra hardline version of Sunni Islam prohibits most art forms.
