Art Looting in Iraq

Thursday 04/24/2003

Museum directors Philippe de Montebello and Dr. Timothy Potts and journalist Frank Rich address the tremendous loss of irreplaceable cultural artifacts due to uncontrollable looting in Baghdad.

People in this video: Frank Rich Philippe de Montebello Timothy Potts

Category: World Politics History Art and design

David Martin; Art Looting in Iraq; 'Nine'
World, Politics, History, Art and design
Air Date 04/24/2003
David Martin on the arrest of Tariq Aziz; museum directors on art looting in Iraq; the cast of "Nine." 52:26
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The Art of the Arab Lands
History, Art and design
Air Date 04/27/2012
Curators discuss the Metropolitan Museum of Art's renovated galleries of Islamic art and give insight into the collection's artifacts. 28:47
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Saad Eskander
World
Air Date 11/12/2007
Saad Eskander, director of the Iraq National Library and Archives, on the rebuilding of the library and violence in Iraq. 13:25
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Donny George Youkhanna
World, Art and design
Air Date 01/19/2007
Donny George, former director of the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, describes the April 2003 looting. 15:37
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Jon Lee Anderson
World, Politics
Air Date 04/16/2003
Jon Lee Anderson reports from Baghdad four weeks after the first attack on the Saddam Hussein regime. 18:48
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