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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
In the field of Middle Eastern and North African studies, Dr. Mary-Jane Deeb is a scholarly authority. And after 20 years of leading the Near East Section and the African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) of the Library of Congress, this authority will retire from the Library at the end of February to embark on …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED)
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Friday, February 15, 2019, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Book Talk: “St. Louis Blues” by Laura Demaría (The event will be in Spanish.) The Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress, in co-sponsorship with the Department of Spanish …
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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(This is a repost from the Library of Congress Blog. The author is Sylvia Albro, a senior paper conservator in the Conservation Division. Earlier this month, the Library released online the Omar Ibn Said Collection, including Omar Ibn Said’s autobiography, the only known extant autobiography written in Arabic by an enslaved person in the United …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Digital Content
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. African American History Month Program and Collection Display: “Omar Ibn Said at the Library of Congress” The Library of Congress has acquired and made available online the Omar …
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