Saturday, March 02, 2013

Saving and Translating Timbuktu’s Ancient Libraries



A secret operation saved hundreds of thousands of Muslim manuscripts in Tumbuktu's ancient libraries from destruction by militants. Now they are being translated and published.
Discussion:
The new director of Russia’s State Museum of Literature says contemporary Russian authors offers a new perspective on classic writers like Pushkin and Turgenev. Is he right?
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From the Archives:
Tunisia’s ISLAMeBooks, one of several new digital start-ups in the Arab world, is looking to help explain Islamic practice and theology to a wider readership.

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