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The Librarian Of Basra Alia Muhammad Baker is a proud, dedicated librarian in the Iraqi city of Basra. Devoted readers flocked to her library to discuss everything under the sun. With war on the horizon, Alia feared that the collection would be damaged forever. After the government refused to help, saving as many books as possible became Alia's goal. Thousands of books were moved to safety with the help of friends, neighbors, basra oilfields and the restaurant next door. Based on a true story, this is a testimonial to the difference one individual's courage basra oilfields and conviction can make. With simple, colorful pastel acrylic illustrations. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Alia's Mission The 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 basra oilfields 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 basra oilfields and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous basra oilfields and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books basra oilfields and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country basra oilfields and its people. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Basra Governorate - Basra province, or Al Basrah province, is a province in the nation of Iraq. Its capital is Basra, the largest city of southern Iraq.
Basra International Airport - Basra International Airport is the second largest international airport in Iraq, and is located in the southern city of Basra.
Basra Province, Ottoman Empire - Basra Vilayet was a vilayet (province) of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was Basra.
Oilfields Workers' Trade Union - The Oilfields Workers Trade Union or OWTU is one of the most powerful trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago. Currently led by Errol McLeod, the union was born out of the 1937 Labour Riots, the union was nominally led by the imprisoned TUB Butler but was actually organised by lawyer Adrian Cola Riezi.
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