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The Institut du monde arabe has set up a satellite branch in the northern French town of Tourcoing David Tresilian With the world’s capital cities now almost overflowing with encyclopaedia, thematic, and generic museums, more and more attention is being paid to museums in the provinces, sometimes in areas traditionally …

Two Paris exhibitions are drawing attention to the destruction that is threatening the heritage of the Arab world, writes David Tresilian   David Tresilian   The destruction of the cultural heritage of the Arab world has been almost unparalleled in recent years. Half the Old City of Mosul in Iraq and …