Zainab Bahrani appointed to Iraq Ministry of Culture

Belatedly noted, thanks to Jim Davila's Palaeojudaica:

Dr. Zainab Bahrani, Associate Professor, Columbia University has been appointed to work with the Coalition Provisional Authority as Deputy Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Culture. Her objective will be to continue the reconstruction at the National Museum and National Library and to identify new opportunities for training and study abroad.

From the State Department website. The position would seem to be that formerly held by John Russell (Art Newspaper interview here).

Other Iraq news:
New Iraq Museum website on its way.
Museum library burned in Nasiriya.
Arrests in Italy of a Jordanian and an Italian for trafficking in looted Iraqi antiquities.

Posted by David on June 9, 2004 1:19 PM