[Publib] Iraqi National Library Article

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Looted Library, Reborn, Still in Peril  
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 7, 2007
 
Filed at 10:56 a.m. ET 
BAGHDAD (AP) -- In the three years since he took over the Iraqi National  
Library, Saad Eskander has repaired the damage from theft and arson, played  
detective and advised his employees on staying alive. 
He has transformed the library, burned and looted in the aftermath of Saddam  
Hussein's ouster in 2003, into a symbol of hope in a country mired in 
sectarian  violence, crime and political bickering. 
The three-story, tan-brick building has been restored, new furniture  
procured, computer and book restoration departments established, and some 100  young 
university graduates hired to inject new blood into the stodgy  organization. 
The result: For the first time since 2003, the library is fully accessible to 
 the public -- at least those Iraqis brave enough to visit. 
See:  
_http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq-Guerrilla-Librarian.html_ (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq-Guerrilla-Librarian.html) 




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