the continuing turmoil of the Iraq War cast doubt on the project's future. Allawi sought the assistance of University of Washington Professor Walter Andrews and the Ottoman Texts Archive Project - a collaboration which began the Svoboda Diaries Project and the development of Newbook Digital Texts in the Humanities. Alexander's travel journal was eventually published by Newbook in 2013, and the Svoboda Project continues the work of transcribing the Joseph Mathia diaries and preparing them for digital release. References External links Newbook Digital Texts Project The Svoboda Diaries - Project Page Researchworks Archive The Svoboda Diaries Scanned images of all original diaries in the collection. From Baghdad to Paris: 1897; Journal of a Journey to Europe by Land via Damascus and Beirut Diaries Baghdad vilayet