A museum in Baghdad /
This is about my responsibility. Doing what is right. Being where I'm needed. I've started a job and I must finish it. I owe it to the people of Iraq. In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad. In 2006, Ghalia Hus...
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Methuen Drama : Bloomsbury Publishing,
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| Summary: | This is about my responsibility. Doing what is right. Being where I'm needed. I've started a job and I must finish it. I owe it to the people of Iraq. In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad. In 2006, Ghalia Hussein is attempting to reopen the museum after looting during the war. Decades apart, these two women share the same goals: to create a fresh sense of unity and nationhood, to make the world anew through the museum and its treasures. But in such unstable times, questions remain. Who is the museum for? Whose culture are we preserving? And why does it matter when people are dying? A story of treasured history, desperate choices and the remarkable Gertrude Bell. |
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| Emne beskrivelse: | "Modern Plays." Roles: Male (4) , Female (5) , Neutral (0). Theme: Triumph over adversity; Women; History; National identity; Hope; Contemporary; Middle East; War; Inter war. Genre: Cultural genres; Middle Eastern drama; Irish drama. Period: 2011-2020; Contemporary. Place: Iraq. |
| ISBN: | 9781350150805 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781350150836.00000004 |
| Adgang: | Access restricted by licensing agreement. |