This Organization Is Rescuing Artists and Scholars from Syria and Iraq

As instability continues in the Middle East, numbing us to reports of never-ending violence, the conflict boiling out of the region shows no sign of abating. While much has been made of the destruction of the great cultural heritage of Syria and Iraq (and rightly so), receiving less bandwidth are the consequences these upheavals will have for the ability to rebuild one day in the future. An optimistic note, however, comes in the form of an effort to save scholars and artists in those war-torn regions.

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