A museum in Baghdad
By: Khalil, Hannah
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BookSeries: Modern Plays. Methuen modern plays: Publisher: London : Methuen Drama , 2019Description: 93 pages.ISBN: 9781350150805; 1350150800.Subject(s): Museums -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Drama | Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Drama | -- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian | Baghdad (Iraq) -- DramaDDC classification: 822.92 Summary: 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 Iraq 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? This is a story of treasured history, desperate choices and the remarkable Gertrude Bell.
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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 Iraq 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? This is a story of treasured history, desperate choices and the remarkable Gertrude Bell.
Some dialogue is in Arabic.
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