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First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam’s palace

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Yahoo

American university hopes to fill higher-ed gap in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — From afar, the sprawling complex of the newly inaugurated American University in Baghdad appears like a floating mirage. Encircled by blue waters of a man-made lake, former Saddam ...
Hyperallergic

Help Rebuild the University of Baghdad’s Destroyed Art Library, One Book at a Time

In 2003, during the invasion of Iraq, looters set fire to the library of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad. Seventy thousand books were reduced to ashes. Wafaa Bilal, “The Ashes ...
CNN

Books for Baghdad: How empty books are reviving Baghdad’s university

Wafaa Bilal (right) is an Iraqi-American artist who had attended the University of Baghdad before the US invasion of Iraq. During the invasion, its library was destroyed. Now he plans to rebuild it ...
Newsday

First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam's palace

BAGHDAD — The American University of Baghdad celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students Saturday at a campus that was once a palace built by Saddam Hussein. Officials said they hope the ...
KSAT

First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam's palace

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