On Christmas Eve, the American news magazine 60 Minutes aired a good segment on the work of Father Columba and Father Najeeb Michaeel to save manuscripts in Northern Iraq. Father Columba runs the excellent Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. It is really sad to see the destruction left by ISIS—both material and human.
You can read and watch the report here.
HT: John Meade
You can read and watch the report here.
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| The remains of manuscripts burned by ISIS |