Das Blog der Zeitschrift New York Review of Books bringt heute einen Artikel, der sich auf die Nachricht von Ismail Serageldin, dem Bibliotheksdirektor der Bibliotheca Alecandrina bezieht, dass eine Bürgerwehr bestehend aus der ägyptischen Jugend die Bibliothek beschützt. Der VÖBBLOG hat diese Nachricht, die große Anteilnahme hervorrief, am Sonntag gepostet.
… So it was a great relief to read the message “To our friends around the world” from Ismail Serageldin, the director of the Library, who reports that when unrest broke out on Friday, a cordon of young people rushed to surround the Library complex (which includes conference halls and a planetarium) and protect it from vandalism. …
The Library is not only a national—and international—symbol of civility, but also a safe refuge for private thoughts. From the moment it opened eight years ago, young Egyptians have crowded into its eight levels, all eight sharing a single roof—a place where solitary contemplation lives in evident harmony with collective will. As these same young people now stand guard over their library in these difficult but hopeful days (along with Dr. Serageldin, who remains at his post), they are in fact standing guard for all of us.
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