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 half years working in secret, inconstant fear of being caught by the extremists.now they're planning a sculpture exhibition. >>we want to do something formosul. it's our city and we want lifeto once again return to normal. >>there's a light of hope in away, so i'm really happy that i could work in honor and completewhat i was working on. i still have a lot of work inprogress >>i.s. was able to capturemosul in part because the iraqi government was so hated here.now it's army are returning as liberators.but is will only su