life in mosul is anything buteasy, even now that the militants have finally beendriven out of the eastern parts of the city.the al salam hospital is in ruins. iraqi police stormed thebuilding. they tell us that two hundred isfighters had barricaded themselves in the hospital.in 2014 the army and police were forced from the area by just acouple of hundred fighters. now they are enjoying theirvictory. or their revenge. they hate the i.s. in mosul, butthey are under orders to not hate the residents of mosul."we aren't doing anything wrong to you, are we?" says thispoliceman. "no no," the boy says."you've treated us very well." freedom for omer qais and hisfather means being allowed to work again.both of them are sculptors. this relief depicts monumentsthat don't exist anymore. i.s. blew them all up. >>when they destroyed themonuments and the sculptures in the streets, at that time ithought it was so dangerous for us to remain there.and i intend to travel away from the city but i couldn't. >>the islamic state bans makingsculptures. it condemns them as idolatry.the two artists spent two and a