H.E. Samir Shakir Mahmoud Sumaida’ie, Ambassador of Iraq, speaks about Iraq’s rich and long history and the themes of continuity and change in its culture at the re-opening of the exhibition Iraq’s Ancient Past at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
The forging of “national character,” the nation’s self-image, and the importance of cultural heritage in Iraqi national identity, is considered.