The Librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq

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  • Language : Arabic
  • Children Books : Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
  • Author : Jeanette Winter
  • ISBN : 9786144389539
  • Year : 2018

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, the library where she works 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.

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Book Details

Title The Librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq
Language Arabic
Author
ISBN 9786144389539
Year
Native Title المرأة الّتي أنقذت مكتبة البَصرة: قصّة حقيقيّة من العراق
Binding Paperback
Edition 2nd Edition
Pages 32
Children Book Format Picture Books
Native Author Name جانيت وينتر
Size 28 cm

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