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'They Killed Art in This City': Iraqi Musician Plays Ney in Mosul Ruins Two
Years After IS

Rikar Hussein

   MOSUL - 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).

   WATCH:Iraqi Musician Returns to Ruined 'Maqam House' in Mosul

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