Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq

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Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of IraqThe inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war. It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia

John Stewart Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort

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Stressed about your studies

literary satire and epic adventure

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