Weekly conversation
Al-Forat's Guest
Creative Iraqis at home and abroad
- Airs
- Monday, 15:30
- Rerun
- Rerun Tuesday, 00:30
- Season
- Season 5
A Mosul restoration engineer: how the Old City's mosques got their arches and doors back
The episode hosts an architect from Mosul who has spent six years on projects restoring mosques and heritage houses in the Old City. The camera goes with her to the Omar Al-Aswad Mosque in the Shahr Suq quarter, where she tells how its arches and wooden doors were rebuilt with Mosul stone and marble by craftsmen from the city itself.
About the programme
Al-Forat's Guest
Special interviews with Iraqi creators, athletes and artists inside the country and abroad.
Each week “Al-Forat's Guest” meets an Iraqi who has made a mark in their field: a national team athlete, a doctor abroad, an artist or a young inventor. A personal conversation about beginnings and challenges, with a visit to the guest's workplace or home town.
- Monday, 15:30
- Tuesday, 00:30
- 60 minutes
- 2021
- Season 5
- Special interviews
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Episodes of Al-Forat's Guest
3 episodes available to watch in full, with a player that remembers where you left off.
