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Article: George Atiyeh, 84; Middle East scholar
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- May 3, 2008
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BY MATT SCHUDEL, THE WASHINGTON POST
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-03-2008
George Atiyeh, 84; Middle East scholar -- Built up Library of Congress' set of Arabic books
BY MATT SCHUDEL, THE WASHINGTON POST
Date: 05-03-2008, Saturday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions
Biographical: GEORGE ATIYEH
WASHINGTON George Atiyeh, a librarian and scholar who acquired and developed much of the Library of Congress' renowned collection of publications concerning the Middle East, died April 21 of pneumonia at the Virginian nursing facility in suburban Fairfax County, Va. He was 84.
Mr. Atiyeh (pronounced a-TEE-yeh) came to the Library of Congress in 1967 after an academic career that had taken him ...