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src=\"https:\/\/www.wanderlustmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suliman-Al-Saigh-House-Before-2-350x250.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wanderlustmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suliman-Al-Saigh-House-Before-2-350x250.jpg, https:\/\/www.wanderlustmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suliman-Al-Saigh-House-Before-2-700x470.jpg 2x\" class=\"attachment-84225\" alt=\"Suliman Al Saigh House in ruins\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"wak-image-caption-text wak-image-caption\">The historic Suliman Al Saigh House lay in ruins in 2017 (UNESCO)<\/div>                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                                                    <li class=\"splide__slide\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div 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There are plans to turn the space into a museum (UNESCO)<\/div>                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                        \n                    <\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"splide-progress-bar-container\">\n                <div class=\"splide-progress-bar\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"wak-buttons-container\">\n                <button type=\"button\" class=\"wak-carousel-btn wak-carousel-btn-prev\" title=\"Previous\"><\/button>\n                <button type=\"button\" class=\"wak-carousel-btn wak-carousel-btn-next\" title=\"Next\"><\/button>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"wak-acf-block-352851\" class=\"wak-acf-block wak-acf-block-copy-content wak-content-layout-default\">\r\n        <div class=\"wak-copy wak-body-standard-text\"><p>While some of the restored heritage homes, like Suliman Al Saigh House, will be turned into museums, many of the houses have been returned to their original occupants, with around 170 families benefitting from the reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UNESCO has also been involved in the restoration of more than 400 classrooms across Mosul, including Al-Ekhlas Primary School, in the west side of the Old City. More than 5,000 teachers have also received training.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) currently advises against all travel to parts of Iraq including Mosul. All but essential travel is advised against to the country\u2019s capital Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read next:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderlustmagazine.com\/inspiration\/michael-palin-iraq-interview\/\">Michael Palin on Iraq: \u201cIf you have a curiosity to see the world, it just keeps you going\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderlustmagazine.com\/inspiration\/how-to-holiday-in-iraqi-kurdistan\/\">A holiday in Iraq? 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