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Mosulgraphy

Ali Yousif Mahmood Al-Baroodi

Born in 1982 in Mosul, and lives in Mosul, Iraq.

Medium

Photography

Year

2021

Description

I am street and documentary photographer from Mosul. The photo is for the Nuri Mosque, a twelfth century mosque with its leaning  Hadbaa minaret. The mosque was notoriously used by ISIS to slef-proclaim their caliphate. ISIS detonated the mosque & the 55m tall minaret during the battle to retake Mosul from their grip. It was a moment of sadness for Mosulis in particular & human heritage in general. However, whenever there is difficulty, there must be overcoming of it.

The UNESCO, funded by the UAE, have launched the Revive the Spirit of Mosul initiative to rebuild the mosque, Al-Tahera & Latin churches and other heritage houses surrounding the area. It is the best response to ISIS brutality that we can rebuild our heritage, our city, and have better future. Work is still ongoing & hopefully will be done sometime in 2024.

Instagram: ali_albaroodi

The New Sumerians Project

Sundus Abdul Hadi

Born in 1985 in Baghdad, and lives in Ontario, Canada.

Medium

Digital Composite Image & Photography

Year

2020

Description

Around 7,000 years ago, an ancient civilization known as the Sumerians settled along the banks of the Euphrates river, modern day Iraq. Their story gives clues as to our origin. Time was established as we still perceive it, and their advanced understanding of the cosmos and astronomy suggests that our ancestors had a certain access to the celestial sphere that has since been lost in translation.

THE NEW SUMERIANS is an evolving project that honours the ancestry we carry as displaced peoples. In collaboration with photographer Ahmad Nasereldein, I have created portraits that I have manipulated with the sculpted facial and body parts of Ancient Sumerians, starting with the 5,000 year old mask of “The Lady of Uruk”. This iteration begins with my origin story: my family— the microcosm. This process of transformation pays homage to our celestial ancestors, despite the passage of time and the circumstances that have propelled us away from our homeland.

These ancient sculptures carry our burdens and have witnessed our pillage. The New Sumerians is part of a larger exploration rooted in storytelling and world-building; a supernatural dimension where ancestors live amongst the unborn, and intergenerational burdens transform into wisdom.


موصلغرافي

علي يوسف محمود البارودي

.ولد عام ١٩٨٢ في الموصل و يعيش في الموصل في العراق

الوسط

التصوير الفوتوغرافي

السنة

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الوصف

أنا مصورُ شوارعٍ ووثائقي من الموصل وهذه الصورة هي لجامع النوري الكبير والذي يعودُ تأريخه الى القرن الثاني عشر ويتميز بمئذنته الحدباء المائلة. وعُرف عن الجامع استخدام تنظيمُ داعش له في إعلان الخلافة. فجر تنظيم داعش الجامع والمئذنة التي يبلغ ارتفاعها 55 متراً خلال إحدى معارك إستعادة الموصل من قبضة التنظيم. كانت تلك لحظة شجنٍ وحزنٍ شديدين للموصليين بشكل خاص وللتراث الإنساني بشكل عام. ولكن مهما أشتدت بنا المصاعب فلا بد أن نتجاوزها،

إذ أطلقت منظمة اليونسكو بتمويل من دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة مبادرة إحياء روح الموصل لإعادة بناء جامع النوري الكبير وكنيسة الطاهرة وغيرها من المنازل التراثية المحيطة بالمنطقة. إن إعادة بناء تراثنا ومدينتنا والحصول على مستقبل مشرق هو أفضلُ ردٍ على وحشية داعش. لا يزال العمل جارياً ونأمل أن ينتهي خلال عام 2024.

The New Sumerians Project

Sundus Abdul Hadi

Born in 1985 in Baghdad, and lives in Ontario, Canada.

Medium

Digital Composite Image & Photography

Year

2020

Description

Around 7,000 years ago, an ancient civilization known as the Sumerians settled along the banks of the Euphrates river, modern day Iraq. Their story gives clues as to our origin. Time was established as we still perceive it, and their advanced understanding of the cosmos and astronomy suggests that our ancestors had a certain access to the celestial sphere that has since been lost in translation.

THE NEW SUMERIANS is an evolving project that honours the ancestry we carry as displaced peoples. In collaboration with photographer Ahmad Nasereldein, I have created portraits that I have manipulated with the sculpted facial and body parts of Ancient Sumerians, starting with the 5,000 year old mask of “The Lady of Uruk”. This iteration begins with my origin story: my family— the microcosm. This process of transformation pays homage to our celestial ancestors, despite the passage of time and the circumstances that have propelled us away from our homeland.

These ancient sculptures carry our burdens and have witnessed our pillage. The New Sumerians is part of a larger exploration rooted in storytelling and world-building; a supernatural dimension where ancestors live amongst the unborn, and intergenerational burdens transform into wisdom.


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