Posted on 06/29/2003 7:34:52 AM PDT by SteveH
washingtonpost.com
From the Desert, a Wellspring of Ancient Manuscripts
By Philip Kennicott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 25, 2003; Page C01
"Our ceilings are not very tight," says Abdel Haidara of the houses in his native Mali.
He's talking in Arabic at a Monday afternoon lecture at the Library of Congress in one of the library's more ceremonial rooms. Curiously, there is sign of what looks like a little water damage above an arch window behind him.
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