Trip to Mosul

Mosul is considered among the larger and more historically and culturally significant cities of the Arab world. Due to Mosul’s strategic location, it has traditionally served as a hub of international commerce and travel. The North Mesopotamian dialect of Arabic, commonly known as Moslawi, is named after Mosul and is widely spoken in the region. Together with the nearby Nineveh Plains, Mosul is one of the historical centers of the Assyrian people

Nebi Younes

Jonah or Jonas (Hebrew: יוֹנָה Yōnā, lit. ’dove’)[a] is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible hailing from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, which details his reluctance in delivering the judgment of Yahweh to the city of Nineveh (near present-day Mosul) in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. After he is swallowed by a large sea creature large fish’) and then released, he returns to the divine mission.

A brick factory near Nineveh, making sun dried bricks

The Great Mosque of al-Nuri.

It was famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname “the hunchbackal-Ḥadbā Tradition holds that the mosque was first built in the late 12th century, although it underwent many renovations over the years. The mosque withstood various hostile invading forces over its 850-year history

Mosul (Iraq) view of a meat market

Mosul market

Bash Tapia Castle

is a ruined 12th-century castle located on the western bank of the Tigris river

Along mighty wall twelve miles in circuit, that once protected Assyrian Nineveh

Bazaar and coffee houses, Mosul

mound Nebi Yunus Jonah or Jonas Yōnā

Nineveh from site of Sennacherib’s palace, N.W. across the Tigris to Mosul

ALQayara

is an Iraqi town located in southern Nineveh Governorate on the west bank of the Tigris river, and about 60 km (35 miles) south of Mosul. It is located in the Mosul District, and it is the seat of Qayyarah subdistrict. It has a population of 15,000. The town is located near the Qayyarah oil field and has an oil refinery on its south-western outskirts. The Qayyarah Airfield West is 20 kilometers west of the town