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ARAB I^EISURE: in A COFFEe:-HOUSE; OF MOSUL 



Across the river from the ruins of ancient Nineveh, Mosul occupies the site of a south- 

 ern suburb of the biblical city. There is almost as much of "the city of the dead" within 

 the crumbling limestone walls that surround the town as there is a city of the living, for a 

 large share of the land within these walls is taken up by cemeteries. Mosul has a population 

 of about 40,000. One of its sights is the leaning minaret of the Grand Mosque, which for- 

 merly was a church dedicated to St. Paul. 



