User:Fouad y. kazanchi

Fouad yousif Kazanchi

- Born in Nineve,Iraq 1935. .Professor, Al – Mustansirya Univ. 2005 -  -Scholar  at Bayt al – Hikma ( Research Foundation)2006-

B. A. History. Baghdad Univ. Seminar in Journalism, Coll. of Arts, Baghdad Univ. M. A. Library Science, Emory Univ. Atlanta, USA Elective Courses on Ancient Near East, Emory Univ.

Writings :  All my Books are in Arabic except one. .a) Author of Eight published books about (Library and Informaions Science) among them :1- Libraries and Librarianship. Baghdad,1972. 2- References of Books and Libraries in Iraq. (in collaboration with Gorgis Awad) 1975. 3- The National Library and the Horizons of its Development. Baghdad, 1977.  4- Libraries in Iraq from Ancient Times till Nowadays . 2001.5- The Great Ancient Library of Assurbanipal. 2004. 6-The Fifth Power :Information Science and Information Technology.2006.


 * b) Author of Four books about (  History of Mesopotamia). They are: 1-  Iraq in the  British Documents.1905-1930. 2- Baghdad, the City of Peace  :Its Heritage and Modern Development) 2000,( in English Language). Baghdad,Dar-Al-Mamun, 2002. 3- The Origin of the Syriac Culture in Mesopotamia. Amman,Dar-Dijla,2010. 4- Iraqi Cities Throughout History.Arbil,2010.

c) Author of about 25 Research Papers in Library and Information Science 1975- 1997 particularly in Coll . of Arts Journal ( Al – Mustansirya Univ. )Then in Al – Mansour Univ. College Journal, 2001-2006.

d) Author of a hundred articles concerning ancient Mesopotamia and its Syriac Literature.

e) Free – lance writer – in Azzaman Int . daily newspaper, London, and al – Fikr  al – Masihi and Mesopotamia ( Bain al – Nahrain ) Journals in Baghdad since 2004. Some of his positions; 1- He initiated the Department of Library Science in Iraq in the year 1970 and was the first Head of the Department 1970-1973. 2-He appointed the Editor -in -Chief of Baghdad Observer Newspaper in English Language.1973-1975. 3- He had been the Director of the National Library1975-1981, and he initiated the Iraqi National  Bibliography.

Member :

-a. Chaldian – Assyrian-Syriac Council, 2003. b. Iraqi writers and Men of Letters Union. (since it has been established)1959. c. Iraqi Information Society. 1973 d. Arab Historian Union .(Baghdad )1986.

E – mail

fouad kazanchi 2005@yahoo.com