Books For Baghdad Project

As the Greek philosopher Epictitus wrote, "We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.

Books For Baghdad seeks to facilitate higher education in Iraq by providing books, supplies and training while promoting partnerships with educational institutions in the United States.

On behalf of the Books for Baghdad Project I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the students, faculty, staff, and administration here at JSU and other universities for their generous support of this project. The last shipment of near 12,000 books and other educational items were sent to the Baghdad universities on June 21, 2007. This will bring the total textbook donations to over 55,000 text books. I have received numerous e-mails from the faculty in Baghdad expressing their gratitude and appreciation for the help they have received during this difficult time. Personally, I am overwhelmed with the generosity and support I have received from Jacksonville State University in completing this project. I would have never been able to accomplish this task without the help of my colleagues and friends at this university and the other universities across the US. In addition I would like to thank the International Relief and Development for their support in shipping the books to Baghdad.

Books for Baghdad will suspend its activities during this the year due to lack of resources. Please check the web-page periodically to see if we are going to carry the project further.