For reflexions on the political and cultural role of Syria's national library against the background of the present conflict, see
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-assads-merciless-assault-risks-wiping-out-both-his-countrys-future--and-its-past-8009052.html
(starting with the third paragraph).
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