Any new book on the Islamic State organization, which caught global attention as the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in 2014 for its takeover of cities like Mosul and territories spanning the borders of Iraq and Syria, will face an immediate hurdle in the question of whether it presents substantial and original information and research. Fortunately, Mathilde Becker Aarseth overcomes this barrier with ease in her book that specifically focuses on what life was like under ISIS rule in Mosul, the largest city in Iraq (and anywhere else in the world) that the group ever controlled.
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