Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by ISIS militants in 2017, has been ...

leaning minaret Al-Hadba, or "the hunchback." The mosque was named after Nuruddin al‑Zanki, a noble who fought the early crusaders from a fiefdom that covered territory in modern-day Turkey ...

leaning minaret Al-Hadba, or "the hunchback." The mosque was named after Nuruddin al‑Zanki, a noble who fought the early crusaders from a fiefdom that covered territory in modern-day Turkey ...

The Al-Hadba Minaret is an icon for all aspects of life in Mosul. You always see it in the logos of departments and you see it as gifts and everywhere, even in the printing of money.

A view of the Al-Hadba Minaret in the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, which was rebuilt after it was blown up by Islamic State militants, in Mosul ...