Candlelight Vigil for the Iraq Museum in Beirut, Lebanon

Date: Thursday, April 12 2007

Place: Beirut National Museum main gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Time: 16:00

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Program: Following the vigil, the newspaper Al Akhbar invites you to attend the first encounter of “Archaeology Cafe”, a forum for open discussion, with its first session dedicated to “The Protection of Cultural Heritage in times of War”. “Archaeology Café” will take place at the restaurant L’Atelier (Saint Joseph University, Berytec building, across the street from the museum) at 16.30.

This is an open invitation, please do not hesitate to inform anyone who would like to attend. Please email Joanne Farchakh-Bajjaly, Lebanese archaeologist and journalist, for more information at jbajjaly@al-akhbar.com. She also who contributed still images to video invitation to the Vigil with Donny George, produced by SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone.

Photography: Bilad Jawish (Al Akhbar)