After IS, Mosul rebuilds monuments, mosques – and society
Faisal Jeber arrested and interrogated suspected Islamic State militants during the battle for Mosul. Now he is taking up a new fight that could be just as crucial to the city's future. The 47-year-old geologist is trying to restore historical sites damaged during the militant Islamist group's brutal three-year rule over the northern Iraqi city. […]Stephen Kalin writes for Reuters:
Faisal Jeber arrested and interrogated suspected Islamic State militants during the battle for Mosul. Now he is taking up a new fight that could be just as crucial to the city's future.
The 47-year-old geologist is trying to restore historical sites damaged during the militant Islamist group's brutal three-year rule over the northern Iraqi city.
By piecing back together buildings which he says gave Mosul its soul and identity before the war, Jeber hopes also to help rebuild its social fabric.
