Teachers in Iraq’s Mosul learn to cope with traumatized pupils

MOSUL, Iraq: On a classroom whiteboard in the battered city of Mosul the words “rediscovering how to smile” outline the heartbreaking task of Iraqi teachers striving to heal their students’ mental scars after brutal Islamic State group rule.

Dozens of Iraqi teachers—many battling trauma themselves— have gathered at a university, where instructor Nazem Shaker seeks to guide them in helping children still struggling to cope months after IS was driven from the devastated city.