Stories
the narratives it tells itself
The night Mosul emptied.
In June 2014 Islamic State took Mosul and marked Christian houses with the Arabic letter nun for Nazarene; by 18 July the ultimatum was convert, pay, leave or die, and on 6-7 August the Nineveh plain towns of Qaraqosh, Bartella and Karamles emptied overnight onto the road to Erbil. More than a hundred thousand people left with what they could carry. Some have gone back; most have not.
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The Scriptures
the texts that carry the stories — and everything elseThe Peshitta
The Qurbana of Addai and Mari
The Hudra