In Iraq’s Mosul, art springs up from ruins almost 5 years after the ouster of ISIS

By Jason Beaubien

Twenty-year-old Rusul Ahmed has painted several of the murals in Mosul. She says after the dark period of ISIS, the colorful murals make people happy.

This vibrant street art is a sign of the spirited rebuilding going on in the northern Iraqi city, after ISIS was defeated in 2017.

(Image credit: Jason Beaubien/NPR)

Source: In Iraq’s Mosul, art springs up from ruins almost 5 years after the ouster of ISIS

    

Updated: March 20, 2022 at 9:21 pm