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Mosul restaurant features robot servers in first for Iraq

After all recreational activities, especially western ones, were prohibited in it, the first-ever resto-café opened in Mosul, serving Western dishes to customers using a robot.

A robot waitress at the White Fox Restaurant in Mosul.
A robot waitress at the White Fox Restaurant in Mosul. — Salah Hassan Baban

A unique resto-café has opened in Mosul, serving Western dishes to its customers using robots, to convey a clear message to the world that the city has overcome war and destruction.

The White Fox resto-café is located on the left side of the city, which was liberated from the Islamic State (IS) in January 2017, and includes 60% of Mosul’s population.

Owner Rami Shakib, who is also a dentist, said that opening such a resto-café in Mosul is a clear message that the city has won the war and loves life more than evil, and it is a step to breathe new life into the city that has suffered from the war and terrorism.

After IS took over Mosul in 2014, its militants closed all cafés, casinos, entertainment centers and sports venues.

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