The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu
About this book
Led by mild-mannered archivist and historian Abdel Kader Haidara, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven to save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from destruction by Al Qaeda.
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- OL Work ID
- OL20032541W
Subjects
LibrariansLibrariesArabic ManuscriptsIslamic learning and scholarshipCultural propertyCentre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."Large type booksDestruction and pillageProtectionHistoryCultural property, protectionLibraries, africaManuscriptsAfrica, north, historynyt:culture=2016-05-08New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedCentre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba"