Volunteers rescue books from Mosul’s bombed library
15 June 2018 |
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The library at the University of Mosul, one of Iraq's oldest collections of books and manuscripts, was destroyed during the occupation by the so-called Islamic State. Young male and female volunteers are working to save books from the rubble.
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