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Actors, Susana AbdulMajid, right and Johan Leysen, center, explain the details of the play The Oresteia to Iraqi actors in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Belgian director Milo Rau will stage this tragedy with a mixed ensemble of European and Iraqi actors. The process includes research and activities in Mosul, where the Jihadi caliphate of ISIS was declared in 2014. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi actors and Khitam Idress, center, who plays Athene vote during the discussion of The Oresteia with director and other european actors in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Belgian director Milo Rau will stage this tragedy with a mixed ensemble of European and Iraqi actors. The process includes research and activities in Mosul, where the Jihadi caliphate of ISIS was declared in 2014. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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A rehearsal of the scene of execution of Cassandra (Susana AbdulMajid) together with prisoners dressed in orange robes by Agamemnon (Johan Leysen) in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Belgian director Milo Rau will stage this tragedy with a mixed ensemble of European and Iraqi actors. The process includes research and activities in Mosul, where the Jihadi caliphate of ISIS was declared in 2014. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi man grieves victims of the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on March 22, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi man grieves victims of the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on March 22, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men grieve victims of the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on March 22, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men grieve victims of the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on March 22, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men grieve victims of the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on March 22, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men wait for the news about their relatives who were on the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as they sit under the tent outside city morgue,Saturday, March 23, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men wait for the news about their relatives who were on the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as they sit under the tent outside city morgue,Saturday, March 23, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men wait for the news about their relatives who were on the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as they sit under the tent outside city morgue,Saturday, March 23, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men wait for the news about their relatives who were on the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as they sit under the tent outside city morgue,Saturday, March 23, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men wait for the news about their relatives who were on the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as they sit under the tent outside city morgue,Saturday, March 23, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men wait for the news about their relatives who were on the capsized ferry in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as they sit under the tent outside city morgue,Saturday, March 23, 2019, following the incident which left at least 98 people dead, as the ferry was packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi youth stand mourning victims of capsized ferry during a rally in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men chant slogans during a protest in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Iraqi men chant slogans during a protest in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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An Iraqi music band seen outside the destroyed arts school building during the filming of The Oresteia play directed by Milo Rau in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Belgian director Milo Rau with Iraqi music band seen outside the destroyed arts school building during the filming of The Oresteia in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Belgian director Milo Rau with Iraqi music band seen outside the destroyed arts school building during the filming of The Oresteia in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri an Iraqi Major General in the Iraqi security forces and the commander of the Nineveh Operations theater, is now appointed as interim governor of Mosul, seen after security council meeting in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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Belgian director Milo Rau, second left, with Iraqi music band seen outside the destroyed arts school building during the filming of The Oresteia in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)

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A scene of the death of Agamemnon is filmed outside the destroyed arts school building during the filming of The Oresteia in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, March 25, 2019. (Photo Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times)