{"id":49007,"date":"2017-08-09T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T10:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=49007"},"modified":"2017-08-09T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T10:31:22","slug":"%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%87%d9%86-%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%82%d8%b0-%d8%a2%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%b7%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%87%d9%86-%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%82%d8%b0-%d8%a2%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%b7%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi priest rescues ancient manuscripts from IS destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Father Najeeb Michael saved as many people as he could.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Right before Islamic State stormed his village, he packed as many people as possible into his car and fled to Irbil in the dead of night.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">The manuscripts include parchments that date back more than 1,000 years, and historical documents related to astrology, theology and philosophy.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Some of the documents now are tucked away inside a metal filing cabinet in the middle of a rundown building in central Irbil, kept in gray boxes tied in cream-colored ribbons.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Father Najeeb said he managed to sneak many pieces, including paintings, out of Qaraqosh and surrounding churches 10 days before the extremists stormed in.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Opposite the file cabinet, Father Najeeb has set up a camera above a small table, where he and a number of students are painstakingly photographing every page of every manuscript.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">By digitizing these historical pages, Father Najeeb hopes he will forever preserve Iraq\u2019s Christian history.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PRkr5YOGjBE\" width=\"570\" height=\"373\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Najeeb Michael saved as many people as he could. Right before Islamic State stormed his village, he packed as many people as possible into his car and fled to Irbil in the dead of night. 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