Restoring Raqqa’s heritage – one brick at a time
In Hergla, Raqqa, one family is painstakingly rebuilding the city’s heritage. They are the only producers of historically-accurate bricks in Syria, churning the clay by foot and baking the bricks in a kiln.
ISIS famously destroyed many historical sites and artifacts across territory they once controlled in Syria and Iraq.
ISIS famously destroyed many historical sites and artifacts across territory they once controlled in Syria and Iraq.