] Many stories in recent weeks have told us that the United ] States fights an uphill battle for public support in ] Iraq, partly because of a persistent belief on "the Arab ] street" that the West is intent on erasing Islamic ] culture. How can the United States convince Iraqis that ] it's not true? ] ] Two Middle Eastern specialists at the Library of Congress ] say the answer lies in little-known plans by the ] celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for ] rebuilding Baghdad into a glittering capital of Islamic ] culture like the one that once dazzled the world. The Genie in an Architect's Lamp (washingtonpost.com) |