Professor of Middle Eastern History Nabil Al-Tikriti
Professor of Middle East History Nabil Al-Tikriti spoke about his prior experiences in Iraq with a student group at the American University in Iraq – Baghdad (AUI-B). This talk was remote on May 12 and took place as part of the AUI-B regular speakers’ series. Al-Tikriti wishes to thank AUI-B for the invitation, and the opportunity to meet with today’s Iraqi students.
In the course of his presentation, Al-Tikriti spoke about all of his direct interactions with Iraq, between 1976 and 2017, especially concentrating on his May 2004 visit to Iraq, which proved instrumental in publicizing the effects of the Anglo-American invasion on Iraqi manuscript collections and archives. That visit was later featured in his 2007 article in Library Trends, entitled “‘Stuff Happens’: A Brief Overview of the 2003 Destruction of Iraqi Manuscript Collections, Archives, and Libraries.”