Forbidden pleasures: Inside the Mosul shop selling everything IS banned
In a small shop in a corner of west Mosul, 16-year-old Abdel Halek dusts his shelves and admires the trove of goods he can now sell without fear of punishment by Islamic State. Mobile phone accessories, playing cards, dominoes, prayer beads – all were banned by Islamic State, and all now sit proudly on Abdel’s […]







