Mosul, Iraq- For years, Mosul’s Christians haven’t been able to worship in their churches as their city was racked with insecurity and violence. The Sunday mass was held by Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, head of the Chaldean diocese of Mosul and Aqra, who told Al Jazeera of his happiness with being able to do this after so long. “After 2003, …
Firas Nabulsi remembers dancing in drag under a rain of glitter, rose petals cascading from beneath his wig, the Beirut nightclub crowd cheering as he lip-synched to a Whitney Houston song. The blast destroyed his home in Beirut's Mar Mikhael, along with the queer-friendly clubs in the city's most accepting neighbourhood. The Beirut neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael was a thriving, …
