The Librarian of Basra

What you need to know before your trail

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. A wonderful place.

But now war has come and destroyed everything. Alia is afraid that the library will be destroyed next. There are more than 30 thousand books here!

This is a true story of hope in a war-stricken country where civilians–especially women–have little power.

And where words, books and culture even less…but not to Alia and the community!