A campaign to restore the holdings of the library of the University of Mosul has received an enthusiastic response since it began three months ago. Professors, students and private donors inside and outside Iraq are contributing books and other materials even before government military action to reclaim the city from Da’esh (Islamic State) has ended.
Islamic State seized the library when it captured Mosul in June of 2014, and made a show of destroying its books and manuscripts.
