Archive for 'Iraq' Category
Abdulateef’s Blog: Arranging to Study in Boston
Hi all,
This is Khairi, Abdulateef (or Khairy, Abdul latif as you knew me from my old Blogs). As some of you know me, I am from Baghdad-Iraq. I am a university professor in Al-Mustansiriyah in Baghdad, & I am now at Simmons College for my PhD studies (along with my colleague Falah).
I’d like [...]
Thana’s Blog: Happy New Year
Happy new year for everybody in Simmons college. I hope for them a new year full of achievement.
And good luck for Falah & Latif, they are 2 good men. I am sure they will do there best to get PHD from Simmons, it is big challenge…we will be proud of them……..hope to follow them…INSHALLAH! [...]
Thana’s Blog: Memories of Eid
Hiiii
EID Mabrouk for everyone. I hope it will be a real Eid someday when Iraq is safe.
At Eid I can see my childhood, Thana, with 2 long pigtails, jumping from place to place, happy with new wear (clothes) and eidieah (mean money) for children to spend.
Eid was different when I become a mother, because of [...]
Thoughts from an Iraqi librarian
Hiiiiiiii,
I am Thana, one of group that participated in the Amman training sessions that started on 18th, Nov. that Simmons College is responsible for.
I want first to thank Dr Michele, Dr Harvey, and Meaghan about the big efforts they did to succeed in geting this training, and many thanks also for each one who shared [...]
On librarianship in Iraq
Those who followed the postings on this blog late last year regarding SImmons’ training program for Iraqi librarians may be interested in a recent posting on the website of the Society of Archivists in the United Kingdom. Saad Eskander, Director of the Iraqi National Archives and Library, has published his diary online. It makes for [...]
The Last Night in UAE
Abdul Latif’s blog # 3
Hello everyone – Abdul Latif Khairy has sent along another blog entry, and again I have done some very minor editing (as asked to do by him) and posted it here. I hope you enjoy it – it is an indication of the type of professional he is that he is already trying to [...]
Post-Parting Perspectives
From Iraq (Baghdad) – blog # 2
Hello everyone – this is Harvey Varnet from Kuwait, forwarding along another blog from Abdul Latif. I did some very minor editing, as he asked me to do – corrected group names, etc. I do not try to rewrite his use of the language, as I feel he can communicate his [...]
Blog # 1 from Iraq
Dear Colleagues – I had asked Abdul Latif Khairy if he would blog again this year, and his first entry appears below. Abdul Latif is a very bright, hard-working and caring librarian and LIS faculty member. His English is excellent, though as you’ll see below he speaks better than he writes (though he [...]
