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A library of exile to help reassemble the collection of the University of Mosul

Edmund de Waal s Library of Exile installation was open to the public at the British Museum until very recently. Photo: AFP One of the victims of the occupation of Iraq s second largest city by the Islamic state for three years, the library of the University of Mosul, renowned throughout the Middle East, lost almost all of its documentary holdings in the chaos of the war. Which is why British artist and author Edmund de Waal will soon donate 2,000 books from his library of exile to the Iraqi establishment. These works were written by nearly 1,500 authors who have experienced exile over the centuries, such as Voltaire, Samar Yazbek, Ai Qing, Czeslaw Milosz but also Edmund de Waal s grandmother, Elizabeth.

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Edmund de Waal donates library of exile to Mosul following exhibition at the British Museum

Edmund de Waal donates library of exile to Mosul following exhibition at the British Museum Edmund de Waal library of exile at the British Museum 2020 © The Trustees of the British Museum. LONDON .- Following presentations in Venice, Dresden, and London, British artist and author Edmund de Waal will donate almost 2,000 books from his acclaimed installation library of exile to the Mosul University Library in Iraq to help rebuild its collection which was almost destroyed in 2015 by the group calling itself the Islamic State. The Mosul University Library will be the final home for the librarys collection recently on display at the British Museum, and features the work of writers from over a hundred countries in dozens of languages from antiquity to the present day by over 100 writers from across the world who have experienced exile, loss and displacement. The books will be transported to Mosul with the kind participation of Book Aid International, the UKs leading book donatio

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