Restoration of al-Nuri mosque. Mosul, Iraq

Safeguarding world heritage. A view of the destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul. (AFP) CAIRO - The United Arab Emirates is helping rebuild the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its landmark minaret known as al-Hadba — “the hunchback” — in Mosul, Iraq. The famous monument was destroyed during battles that pushed the Islamic State…

April 12, 20190Comments

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Syrian Monuments Before the War

Krak des Chevaliers, Syria. Photographs by Peter Aaron A Traveller’s Record of Syrian Monuments Before the War By John Gendall The New Yorker In April, 2009, Peter Aaron, a veteran architectural photographer, went on vacation with his family, to Syria. It was about one year into President Obama’s first term, long before the name isis was broadly known. That…

April 9, 20190Comments

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Family of six carried out bombings at three churches in Surabaya (Indonesia’s East Java province)

Bombings at three churches in Surabaya, in Indonesia's East Java province, during Sunday mass on May 13 have left at least 13 people dead and many injured, with the attacks carried out by a family of suicide bombers, according to the police, reported The Straits Times . The attacks took place at the Santa…

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Christian-Muslim Paradise – Maalula (Syria). The past and the present

Located 50 km from Damascus in the direction of Lebanon is the magnificent village of Maalula (also spelled Maaloula), Syria. Maalula is the only place in the world that still speaks Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Photo: CONVENT OF ST. THECLA (DEIR MAR TAKLA)/kirikou.com Maalula is a predominantly Christian village with a…

April 16, 20180Comments

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