But the real inspiration of the issue is that they built on that media-popular bit of history with a lesser-known but equally ambitious heroic effort in Mali; namely, the relocation of 75,000 scientific and religious Arabic manuscripts from Timbuktu in 2012 by a band of citizen/historians who risked their lives to keep these treasures from insurgent jihadists.
Each article bolstered the significance of the other and reminds us the "greatest generation" crops up throughout history and knows no borders.
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