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]

2005年3月19日 · NEW YORK — It is hard to imagine how startled Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of Basra, Iraq, has been to discover that she is the hero of two American children's books.

2003年7月27日 · Alia Muhammad Baker, librarian in Basra, Iraq, is storing about 30,000 books and manuscripts that were spirited away from Basra Central Library as British forces stormed Basra in early April,...

2025年3月25日 · Alia Muhammad Baker had spent fourteen years as a librarian in Basra, Iraq, when the Iraq War began. Inside her library there were thousands of books — books about the history of her country, which would be utterly irreplaceable. She worried that her large building could become a military target, or that it could

Fearing imminent war, Alia Muhammad Baker takes matters into her own hands to save the books in her library. Vibrantly colored pastel acrylic paintings create a sense of distance from the most brutal horrors of war, while celebrating the courage of a brave woman.

Alia Muhammad Baker, a librarian in Basra, Iraq, is the focus of this 2003 true story as she saves the books from her library before it is burned during the Iraq war. When she asks the governor for safe storage of the books, and it is denied, she is aided by her community in protecting the books from destruction.

2005年3月17日 · It is hard to imagine how startled Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of Basra, Iraq, has been to discover that she is the hero of two American children's books. Ms.

Librarian Alia Muhammad Baker saved the majority of the collection of the Basra Central Library, and much of the history of Basra, from the looting and destruction of war. Her actions inspired two fabulous children's books and earned her a place in the rich history of Iraqi libraries.

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.

Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn the amazing story of Alia Muhammad Baker, a librarian who preserved Iraq's history by saving thousands of books from being destroyed during the Iraq War.