What Mosul Eye produced matched the quality of the finest intelligence reporting — yet it came from a single individual, operating alone. He is my hero.
General David H. PetraeusFormer Director of the CIA
All twenty-seven voices
Praise for Mosul Eye
From the Pope's foreword and a former CIA director, through the Iraqi judges who tried ISIS, to a journalist's keen eye and a Mosuli musician — the full record of who has stood by this book.
A meticulous and unflinching work of witness — by a young historian who refused to let his city be destroyed in silence.
Hillary Rodham Clinton67th U.S. Secretary of State · U.S. Department of State
Through his blog, a sentinel in the night, he transmitted to the world fragments of truth torn from the darkness.
Audrey AzoulayFormer Director-General of UNESCO (2017–2025)
This is the record Mosul deserves, and I am proud to add my name to it.
General Abdul-Wahab Al-SaadiHead of the Counter-Terrorism Service, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (CTS-ISOF)
Omar Mohammed has given Mosul a book that will outlast her captors, as our manuscripts have outlasted theirs.
Mar Najeeb Michaeel Moussa, O.P.Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul
Far more than a personal account — its contribution to the pursuit of justice was already apparent before liberation was complete.
The Hon. Judge Raed Al-MuslihPresident of the Nineveh Court of Appeal, Mosul · Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq
Omar Mohammed has been tested under fire. He is not only a scholar but also a hero.
Karim A. A. Khan KCProsecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Founding UN Special Adviser & Head of UNITAD (2018–2021)
On the ground and under constant threat of death, Omar Mohammed was the lone voice providing the world with “evidence from hell on a problem from hell.”
Dr. David SchariaUN Security Council · Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
An extraordinary firsthand account of life under ISIS’s brutal occupation — the story of a man who refused to let his city’s suffering go unrecorded.
Emma Sky OBEDirector, Yale International Leadership Center · Author of The Unraveling
This book belongs alongside those chronicling the terrors of the last century. Omar did it in real time and at huge personal risk.
The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE, VR, MPFormer UK Security Minister · former Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee
There is physical courage. There is intellectual courage. And there is moral courage. All of these were in evidence in Mosul.
Lord Sir John Jenkins KCMG, LVOFormer British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia · Former Director-General for the Middle East, UK Foreign Office
He risked his life every day to tell the terrible truth of ISIS’s occupation of Mosul through Mosul Eye.
Martyn Warr OBEHead of the Counter-Daesh Communications Cell · UK FCDO · Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh
Omar is a treasure to Mosul, his city, and to Iraq, his country.
Charles J. Holt IIIU.S. Central Command
Omar Mohammed is the bravest and most admirable man I have met — and this is a book fully worthy of him. It is at once a thriller and a meditation; a warning and a reassurance; a story that is both as dark as the darkest night and radiant with the light of hope.
Tom HollandHistorian and broadcaster · Author of Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
This book fills the gap in the story of one of the most dangerous and diabolical insurgencies in history.
Dr. Craig WhitesideCo-author of The ISIS Reader · US Naval War College
A lesson in history — because it shows that history is never forgotten.
Dr. Tova NorlénDefense Security Cooperation University (DSCU)
This book shows us the weight and incomparable value of documenting a place, a history, and a life through destruction, displacement, and rebuilding.
Sarina Simon RosenthalNew York University
This book is an act of witness.
Graeme WoodStaff writer · The Atlantic
Omar Mohammed’s chronicle reveals Iraqis’ moral defiance and extraordinary human bravery in the face of Islamic State’s terror.
Margaret CokerAuthor of Spymaster of Baghdad
More than a witness — a voice for the voiceless.
Delphine MinouiAlbert-Londres Prize laureate · Middle East correspondent · Le Figaro
His archive chronicles not only life during war, but the destruction of an ancient cosmopolitan city — buildings with people containing memories.
Kathrine TschemerinskyCulture editor · Weekendavisen
Mosul in the hands of ISIS was a black hole of history. Then we discovered Mosul Eye.
Riccardo ChartrouxJournalist · RAI TV
A Tale of a City and a Man — his network helped save scores of innocent lives.
Percy KempAuthor · Lebanese-French novelist of intelligence and the Middle East
His blog gave the people of Mosul something they thought they had lost — hope. It was an inspired gift.
James BluemelEmmy & BAFTA award-winning documentary filmmaker · Director of Once Upon a Time in Iraq
A personal record that can salvage a city when its very voice is being silenced.
Sultan Sooud Al QassemiEmirati writer and academic
He has never hesitated to highlight the crimes committed against Yezidis and the need for Iraqis to do better.
Pari IbrahimFounder & Executive Director · The Free Yezidi Foundation
Omar — the Ghost, Mosul Eye, the Dream — planted tree seeds that have grown shaded, housed, and fed many.
Ameen MokdadMusician · Mosul · The Musician in Mosul Eye