MOSUL, Iraq — The youth in Mosul are using music, art, poetry and volunteer projects to breathe life back into the multicultural city, after its liberation from the Islamic State (IS).
The city’s first music festival took place Nov. 1-2, which featured musicians from all over the country, including Yazidi, Assyrian, Chaldean, Shabak and Syriac groups. One of the main attractions was the Basra Band for Folkloric Arts, an internationally acclaimed group that performs traditional regional and national folk dances.