Dear all, after a long absence we’re back on the blog! Few days ago we arrived in Iraq, in a problematic moment for our beloved country… [...]
luglio 16th, 2014 - 20:19 § in Scavo e dintorni
IVECO&IRAQ AT WORK. On the Road of Cooperation and Culture
Dear all, yesterday Iveco gave to our Mission a new car, a wonderful Daily 4×4, for the activities at Abu Tbeirah and at Ur. It has been a wonderful day. The Dean of the University, Luigi Frati, inaugurated the car. The event was opened by the speech of the Dean, of H.E. Habib al-Sadr, Ir[...]
marzo 12th, 2014 - 13:20 § in Iraq
Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi and visit of Nasiriyah Governor and his Delegation
Yesterday we have met in Rome Yahya al Nasri, Dhi-Qar Governor with his delegation in two different meetings. First of all I want to stress that it has been wonderful to share a day with our Iraqi friends, that help us so warmfully in our everyday life in Nasiriyah. The first meeting was hel[...]
febbraio 13th, 2014 - 09:12 § in Iraq
Lunch at al-Fayhaa Channel
Ali al-Shayal is a very good friend of us. He is a film maker and the director of the Nasiriyah office of the al-Fayhaa TV Channel. Today he invited us to have lunch with him and his team in the office in the center of the city. We enjoyed an excellent food and a wonderful [...][...]
febbraio 12th, 2014 - 11:58 § in Iraq
Nasiriyah Pottery Laboratory
Today we visited together with our good friend Amir Doshi the pottery laboratory of the Dhi-Qar directorate of education, directed by Qasim al Battat. [...]
febbraio 11th, 2014 - 19:50 § in Scavo e dintorni
A Taxy Tale on Woolley
Today we took a Taxy and from the taxy-driver we heard an amazing story. He told us that his family is from Ur and his grandfather had worked with Leonard Woolley in the excavation of Ur. He had a very good eye for ancient objects and decided to make some money out of it! [...][...]