Biography of alia muhammad baker

  • Alia Muhammad Baker was an Iraqi librarian who was the chief librarian of the Al Basrah Central Library in Basra.
  • Alia Muhammad Baker was an Iraqi librarian who was the chief librarian of the Al Basrah Central Library in Basra.
  • Baker was renamed chief librarian and reopened the library.

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    Alia Muhammad Baker

    Iraqi librarian (1952–2021)

    Alia Muhammad Baker

    Born

    Alia Muhammad Baker


    1952

    Iraq

    Died13 August 2021 (age 68–69)

    Basra, Iraq

    Years active14 years

    Alia Muhammad Baker (Arabic: عالية محمد باقر; also spelled "Baqer" or "Baqir"; 1952 – 13 August 2021) was an Iraqi librarian who was the chief librarian of the Al Basrah Central Library in Basra. Baker saved an estimated 30,000 books from destruction during the Iraq War, including a biography of Muhammad from around 1300.[1]

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    Baker had worked at the library for 14 years.[2] As a child she was told the story of the burning of Baghdad's Nizamiyya library and was horrified.[3]

    As war with the US and UK loomed, government officials denied her requests that the books be moved to safety. When government offices moved into the library and an anti-aircraft gun was placed on the roof, she started to smuggle books out of the library.[1

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    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 tha...

    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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