Inherited Ruins: Intergenerational Memory in Mosul After ISIS

Beyond rebuilding infrastructure, Mosul must reckon with the enduring psychological and generational impact of its destruction

A man walks through the war-ravaged streets of Mosul’s Old City. Years after the fighting ended, the scars remain. (Photo: @saadhaad)

A man walks through a narrow street in Mosul’s Old City, dwarfed by the remains of a shattered building. Exposed steel beams hang overhead like a collapsed scaffold, remnants of once-dense urban life now reduced to skeleta…