According to <i>Al-Taakhi</i> newspaper, the President of the Iraqi Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Mr. Taki Mosawi, asserted that the university had contracted the American Pearson Publishing Company's office in the UAE to buy modern scientific books.
The president added that during his recent visit to the UAE he had reviewed Pearson's different scientific books and learning materials. He added that it was decided to purchase some of these educational, medical and engineering books from Pearson, the world's leading educational publisher.
Al-Mustansiriya University was built in 1233 as an Islamic college designed to promote an ecumenical form of Sunni Islam at a time when Baghdad was the center of a vast Islamic empire. The university is in the old section of the city along the Tigris River.
