Voices for Iraq held its 2nd session on Friday, Sept.30. at the program and museums studies meeting room, GWU.The session which lasted for more than two hours, was chaired by Dr. Peter Wien, president of TAARII,Associate Chair, University of...
Report from Iraq By Michael W. Albin This presentation is a follow-up to the paper presented at the 75th Jubilee of the DC-SLA. It’s divided into two parts. The first is a good news...
IRBIL, IRAQ— Father Najeeb Michael saved as many people as he could. Right before Islamic State stormed his village, he packed as many people as possible into his car and fled to Irbil in the dead of night. “It...
Baghdad hosts a world exhibition of fine art and poetry this week, according to Middle East Online March 7, 2016. The exhibit is part of the broader effort to restore the Gulbenkian Hall, considered a focal point of...
On March 5, 2016 Al-Mada Press reported the success of surgeons at the Diyala Teaching Hospital. Doctors in Diyala succeeded in correcting a serious birth defect in a seven-year-old youngster, one of whose kidneys was deformed from birth. ...
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum Walls Bear Witness: Iraqi Minorities in Peril
The Holocaust museum held a discussion with experts on the plight of ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq who have been targeted by the self-proclaimed Islamic State and are now displaced, not knowing when—or if—they will be able to return home.
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Report by www.theguardian.com Museum’s £3m government grant will equip future trainees in conservation and restoration of destroyed heritage sites in Iraq. The British Museum is to establish a pilot program with heritage professionals in Iraq to train local museum curators,...
Tuesday October 27th, World Day for Audiovisual Archives, the 8 presidents from the AACCC associations collectively sign the “New Declaration” At the World Day for Audiovisual Archives, focusing on the theme “Archives at Risk – Protecting the World’s Identities”,...
The Washington, DC Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (DC/SLA) Presents: World Cultural Heritage Sites at Risk:Preservation Efforts in Iraq & Syria Thursday, October 1, 2015 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Bloomberg BNA, 1801 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA...
Efforts to protect cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq during the ongoing humanitarian crisis in that area of the world will be the focus of Brian Daniels’ talk Sept. 22 at Vanderbilt’s Cohen Memorial Hall. Daniels will deliver the...