Nightlife now rules in Iraq's former IS bastion

Iraqis sit at a popular café in the old city of Mosul on Sept. 2, 2024, seven years after the Islamist State (IS) group was ousted from the northern Iraqi city. Iraqis sit at a popular café in the old city of Mosul on Sept. 2, 2024, seven years after the Islamist State (IS) group was ousted from the northern Iraqi city.

If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment.