Paris: An Egyptian team has been awarded the job of restoring the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex in the Iraqi city o Mosul, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announced on Thursday.
Selected by an international jury from among 123 entries in a global competition, the winning design – called "Courtyards Dialogue" – is a major component of the UNESCO's ambitious project to rehabilitate the ancient city.
After years of control by ISIS, the iconic metropolis was destroyed when the extremists were driven out in 2017.
"Heritage sites and historical monuments are powerful catalysts for people’s sense of belonging, of community, and identity," the UNESCO chief said in a press release on Thursday.
"They are key to reviving the spirit of Mosul and of Iraq as a whole," she underscored.
The Egyptian team that won the competition consists of four partners: Salah El Din Samir Hareedy, Khaled Farid El-Deeb, Sherif Farag Ebrahim and Tarek Ali Mohamed. There were also four designer architects involved: Noha Mansour Ryan, Hager Abdel Ghani Gad, Mahmoud Saad Gamal and Yousra Muhamed El-Baha.
They scooped the award for their imaginative reconstruction of Al-Nouri’s prayer hall and complex – and for the way it blends into its surrounding through open public spaces.
UNESCO launched the design competition last November in close coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and the Iraqi Sunni Endowment.
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