Iraqi Musician Plays Ney in Mosul Ruins Two Years After IS
Published on: Saturday 27 July 2019
Amid the bombed-out wreckage of a site that once hosted dozens of Mosul’s traditional maqam players, Iraqi musician Saad Rajab Bacha plays his ney flute to remember the city’s glorious days before it came under the control of Islamic State (IS).
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Bacha, 65, fled Mosul in June 2014 after IS fighters overran the city and established a hard-line rule that deemed all musical instruments, including his ney, a violation of Islamic law.
When he returned home two years later, he found that much of his
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