Architect and historic conservation specialist Ihsan Fethi has chronicled the loss of historic art and architecture in his native Iraq for decades and is closely monitoring the current situation. Director of the Iraqi Architects Society, he has consulted with international organizations on the region’s heritage sites and called on the United Nations to classify their willful destruction as a crime against humanity. Fethi, who teaches at Philadelphia University in Amman, Jordan, spoke with RECORD about the unprecedented speed and extent of the damage by ISIS and what might be done to protect significant historical objects in the future.
Architectural Record: Iraq has lost a heartbreaking amount of historic architecture in recent decades. What distinguishes the ISIS campaign?
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