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Almost every home in Qaraqosh will need rebuilding or extensive refurbishment [Alessio Mamo] |
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Engineers Lina al-Hissen (l) and Noor Kasmatti (c), both graduates from Mosul University who qualified just before the IS takeover, are leading architectural surveys of the town's buildings [Alessio Mamo] |
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This was once a family's living room. If family life is to return to Qaraqosh, its housing stock will have to be rebuilt and restored [Alessio Mamo] |
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Lina al-Hissen's family were among the last to leave her neighbourhood. Now she's back to help rebuild it [Alessio Mamo] |
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Noor Kasmatti checks the damage to the ceiling of a room in which the resident family gathered all their belonging, fearful of the building collapsing [Alessio Mamo] |
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The project started with photographers documenting the destruction. When their photos reached a wider audience, charitable donations and structured funding began to arrive [Alessio Mamo] |
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Every part of this town bears the scars of three years of IS occupation, and the battle to 'liberate' it from them [Alessio Mamo] |
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The bishop of Nineveh province led a march and religious ceremony to declare the beginning of the rebuilding and the return of the people of Qaraqosh [Alessio Mamo] |
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Abuna George, a local priest, told assembled engineers and residents that the town needed homes - with ceiling fans. Temperatures in this part of Iraq can hit 50C in the long summer [Alessio Mamo] |
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There is a huge amount of work ahead for the engineers and architects and labourers of Qaraqosh. But the project to restore the city, and restore hope, has begun [Alessio Mamo] |
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