'To Document History, I Had to Stay Alive,' Says Iraqi Journalist Who Lived Under Islamic State Rule

Iraqi historian Omar Mohammed, now a researcher at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, had just begun his career as a university professor when Mosul, his hometown, was captured by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014.…
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