Disaster Management Plans in Middle East Libraries and Archives in Time of War: Case Studies of Iraq and Egypt

Laila Hussein Moustafa

doi:10.1080/01960075.2014.908689

Disaster Management Plans in Middle East Libraries and Archives in Time of War: Case Studies of Iraq and Egypt

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In the Middle East, disaster management planning is not limited to natural calamities but must also consider armed conflict disaster. After the burning of libraries in Iraq, Egypt, and Lebanon since 2003, we must ask in what way do those countries preserve their heritage? What practices do they have in place for times of war? Were these applied when needed? If not, what obstacles prevented their application? This paper presents the findings of a survey of the literature on disaster management for times of war and an analysis of four case studies and argues the importance of prevention and planning.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	15-35
Number of pages	21
Journal	Library and Archival Security
Volume	26
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01960075.2014.908689
State	Published - Jul 2013

Keywords

Egypt
Iraq
Library of Alexandria
Mesopotamia
Middle East
ancient
archive
conflict
disaster management
library
library training
manuscripts
prevention
war
world heritage

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Library and Information Sciences
Law

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