Mosul joins the protests in Iraq but in a different way

Although Mosul seems quiet amid ongoing protests in Iraq, residents of the Ninevah capital are expressing solidarity with the anti-government protests in various ways.
Students take part in a gather at the Mosul University to mourn protesters killed in anti-government rallies in the northern city of Mosul on December 1, 2019. - Demonstrators have hit the streets since early October in Baghdad and the Shiite-majority south to demand the ouster of a government they accuse of being corrupt, inefficient and beholden to foreign powers. After a spike in deaths this week raised the toll to more than 420 killed, Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi said Friday he would submit his resi
Students take part in a gathering at Mosul University to mourn protesters killed in anti-government rallies, Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2019. - ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images
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MOSUL, Iraq — Many in this capital of Ninevah province are supporting the anti-government protests taking place in Iraq, but in their own way.

For example, on Dec. 4, the usually bustling University of Mosul was fairly empty. Many students were not attending classes, adhering to the protesters' slogan and hashtag “No homeland, no work.” Students across the country have been skipping classes in opposition to a state they view as corrupt, authoritarian and controlled by neighboring Iran. 

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