UNHEARD IRAQ PODCAST
Critical stories that unpack the history, culture, and politics of Iraq, straight from the streets of Mosul.
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Mosul has been recently decimated in the battle between the US-led military coalition and extremists of the Islamic State (ISIS). Its mosques, churches, temples, great works of art, its homes and palaces have been destroyed in the fighting erasing the city’s unique creative history. Standing before the ashes of the beauty of Mosul, Risam, a young artist, recounts how he learned to draw from his father, life under ISIS rule, the destruction wrought under America’s bombs, and his struggle to reclaim his city’s artistic legacy and share it with the world.
About Us
A collective of journalists, producers, and web designers in Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, and the United States, we aim to break through the stereotypes and misinformation about Iraq, and provide color and context on the country’s history, politics and culture.
This podcast centers the stories of ordinary Iraqis struggling for something better. It elevates their voices.
From schools to bakeries, churches, homes and streets, the people of Mosul have a well of knowledge about their country’s rich society, and also the foreign military interventions, sanctions, coups, and imperial competition that have torn it apart.
In this series, we turn up the volume, and bring Mosul to America.
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Local Mosuli reporters captured these stories from the streets of their neighborhoods. Combined with scholars’ commentary and critical context, these stories empower listeners to understand who and what is really responsible for the country’s crises, and the Iraqis struggling through it all.