The Bad -Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, by Joshua Hammer
The truly fascinating story of the successful effort to keep (literally) hundreds of thousands of historic Arabic manuscripts from being destroyed by Islam jihadist lunatics. A good overview of the history of Mali in general and Timbuktu in particular, and the amazing work of librarian Abdel Kader Haidara and his cohorts to smuggle out and hide the manuscripts in a distant town.
Highly recommend it.
Boru
The truly fascinating story of the successful effort to keep (literally) hundreds of thousands of historic Arabic manuscripts from being destroyed by Islam jihadist lunatics. A good overview of the history of Mali in general and Timbuktu in particular, and the amazing work of librarian Abdel Kader Haidara and his cohorts to smuggle out and hide the manuscripts in a distant town.
Highly recommend it.
Boru
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