Diary of Saad Eskander as the Irak National Library and Archives director
Between the years 2006 and 2007, dr. Saad Eskander, who where the INLA (Iraq National Library and Archive) director until 2015, wrote a diary.
This register portrayed not only the everyday life of the institution but also the impact of the Bagdad’s situation on it. But its not only that. It provides a rare and powerful register of how a highly degraded institution can be changed for the best. How cultural heritage must be conceived by authorities and even how can it have a very positive impact in the population.
Saad Eskander provides here a highly transparent testimony. He speaks openly about lack of interest, corruption, bad habits… and a highly precise inside view from the functional aspects. We’re not used at all to see this kind of ethic attitude in authorities from cultural institutions, not in the so badly called third world countries or even in the peaceful and developed ones. This should be imitated globally.
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