It has been a decade since the Islamic State released footage showing their destruction of cultural artifacts in the Mosul Museum. In analysis for the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Professors Benjamin Isakhan and Lynn Meskell, member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty, detail results from a survey they conducted, together with the Arab Barometer, of over one thousand Mosul residents to assess how local communities view efforts to reconstruct heritage and whether such initiatives contribute to peacebuilding and reconciliation.   

Lynn Meskell is Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Historic Preservation in the Weitzman School of Design. She is also a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty. Read her bio here. 

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