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Virginia Tech helps launch English language center at Iraqi university battered by Islamic State
Published Thursday, May. 6, 2021, 12:02 am
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The library at the University of Mosul was once among the finest in Western Asia, housing more than a million books, maps, and rare historical materials. But in 2014, when Islamic State forces captured the Iraqi city, the grand library and about 80 percent of the sprawling, tree-lined campus were destroyed. Many faculty members were slaughtered or forced to flee.