Title: Librarian of Basra
Description: Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever.

In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries
Subjects: Librarians, Iraq War, 2003, Libraries, Iraq War, 2003-, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Juvenile literature, Destruction and pillage, Biography, Iraq War (2003-2011) fast (OCoLC)fst01802311, Iraq war, 2003-2011, juvenile literature, Libraries, juvenile literature, Iraq, juvenile literature, Spanish language materials, Literatura juvenil, Bibliotecarios, Biografía, Bibliotecas, Destrucción y saqueo, Guerra de Irak, 2003, Materiales en español
Places: Baṣrah, Iraq
People: Alia Muhammad Baker, Baker Alia Muhammad