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Al-Awqaf Library

The Al-Awqaf Library is a library located near the Iraq National Library and Archive. It held about 5,000 Islamic manuscripts. It was looted and burnt in the 2003 Iraq War.

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The Al-Awqaf Library is a library located near the Iraq National Library and Archive. It held about 5,000 Islamic manuscripts. It was looted and burnt in the 2003 Iraq War.¹

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Destruction of libraries

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Assessment of damage to Libraries and Archives in Iraq Archived 2015-08-14 at the Wayback Machine( Archived 2015-08-14 at the Wayback Machine)