Mauritania. ancient libraries in the desert

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Uploaded by on Mar 25, 2007

Time is running out for historic manuscripts kept in libraries in once-thriving cities of Mauritania, precious documents imperilled by voracious termites and the inexorable advance of the Sahara.

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Devised and directed by Rossella Piccino | Camera: Luca Pivetti | Sound: Fabio Dorio | Editing: Rossella Piccinno | Voice-over recording : Tommaso del Signore | Translation and english voice-over: Maggie Armstrong, Nikolas Gray | Production: DakhlaVision | r.t.: 54'20" | Italy 2006
www.dakhlavision.com

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  • The man is reciting the Quran in the video and most books are from classical Islamic scholars ranging from Islamic law, quranic commentaries and poems

  • wow, this is cool! I would love to see these old books.

  • BELLA LA CANSONE

  • cIAO ...MOLTO BELLO IL VIDEO E BELLA QUELLA PARTE DI aFRICA . ..

    SUL TESTO ..HO PERSO QUALCOSA ..

    CIAO

    CE0014

  • quanto spazio

  • meraviglioso spaccato delle nostre origini

  • Il progetto è di una mia carissima amica. è lei che ha realizzato il tutto. io mi limito a condividere in modo un pò troppo distante da come merita!

  • grande pezzo di scarto,le tue idee sono tutt'altro che di scarto,grande video condivido.un felice anno di misticismo.

  • Posso solo immaginare.

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