[MSN] BBC Radio Interview with Dr Saad Eskander, Director of the Iraq National Library and Archive

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[mailto:iraqcrisis-admin at listhost.uchicago.edu] On Behalf Of Stephens, Andy
Sent: donderdag 3 januari 2008 9:43
To: iraqcrisis at listhost.uchicago.edu
Subject: [Iraqcrisis] BBC Radio Interview with Dr Saad Eskander

An interview with Dr Saad Eskander, Director of the Iraq National Library
and Archive,  in BBC Radio 4’s ‘Taking a Stand’ strand is to be broadcast on
8 January 2008 and will be available for a further week on the ‘listen
again’ facility. 
Further details are at: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/takingastand/pip/0u2j8/
Taking a stand
Tuesday 8 January 2008 9:00-9:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Tuesday 8 January 2008 21:30-21:58 (Radio 4 FM)

Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to
stand up for what they believe in.

Dr Saad Eskander, director of Iraq's National Library, explains why he
decided to return from exile in Britain in an attempt to preserve his
country's rich cultural heritage in the face of extremists and corruption.
He describes what it is like to live with the threat of assassination in a
city where sectarian gangs have killed thousands.

With Best Wishes
Andy
Andy Stephens 
Board Secretary and Head of Corporate Secretariat 
The British Library 
96 Euston Road 
London NW1 2DB 
Tel: (020) 7412 7269 
Fax: (020) 7412 7093