Thursday, June 15, 2017

Mosul's Great University Library, Left A Charred Ruin By ISIS

As if it weren't bad enough that the terrorist group torched rare old books and manuscripts in the municipal library while they occupied the city, as ISIS was being driven out of Mosul by Iraqi government forces, it burned down the university's library building and its entire collection, one of the most important in the Middle East. Robin Wright visits the wreckage.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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