Iraqi Museum reopens
With a snip of red ribbon, a new exhibit opened Nov. 17 at the Iraqi Museum, providing one more sign that Iraq is leaving behind the worst horrors of war and creating a new normal. "You know what we have been through, and it was very dangerous," says Shaimaa, an archaeologist who has worked at […]Scott Peterson reports for The Christian Science Monitor:
With a snip of red ribbon, a new exhibit opened Nov. 17 at the Iraqi Museum, providing one more sign that Iraq is leaving behind the worst horrors of war and creating a new normal.
"You know what we have been through, and it was very dangerous," says Shaimaa, an archaeologist who has worked at the museum since 1999. "So many things are happening that convince us things are changing for the better."
Among them is the reemergence of her beloved museum, after being devastated by looting early in the war.
