Alia Muhammad Baker

 

Alia Muhammad Baker (Arabic: عالية محمد باقر; a kpọkwara "Baqer" ma ọ bụ "Baqir"; 1952 - 13 Ọgọst 2021) bụ onye ọdee akwụkwọ Iraq bụ onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ nke Al Basrah Central Library na Basra. Baker zọpụtara akwụkwọ 30,000 e mere atụmatụ na mbibi n'oge agha Iraq, gụnyere akụkọ ndụ Muhammad site na gburugburu 1300. [1]

Akụkọ ndụ

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Baker rụrụ ọrụ n'ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ ruo afọ iri na anọ.[2] Dị ka nwatakịrị, a gwara ya akụkọ banyere ọkụ ọkụ nke Ọ́bá akwụkwọ Nizamiyya nke Baghdad ma tụọ egwu.[3]

Ka agha ya na US na UK na-aga n'ihu, ndị ọrụ gọọmentị jụrụ arịrịọ ya ka ebufee akwụkwọ ndị ahụ n'ebe dị nchebe. Mgbe ọfịs gọọmentị banyere n'ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ ma tinye égbè na-egbochi ụgbọelu n'elu ụlọ ahụ, ọ malitere ịpụ n'ọhịa ahụ n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị.[1]

Ebe ndị Shi'ite na-akwadoghị ọchịchị Hussein, Basra bụ otu n'ime ndị mbụ e lekwasịrị anya na mbuso agha 2003 nke Iraq malitere na Nọvemba. Ndị agha jikọrọ aka zutere nguzogide karịa ka a tụrụ anya ya. Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị agha America na-ebuso agha kwagara n'ebe ugwu, na-ahapụ Basra n'okpuru nnọchibido ọtụtụ izu nke ndị Britain na-edu.[1][2] N'oge na-adịghị anya, obodo ahụ nwere "nsogbu ndị mmadụ" nke ndị bi na ya enweghị ma mmiri na ọkụ eletrik..[4]

Ndị agha na-awakpo (gụnyere Royal Australian Air Force) jiri bọmbụ na agha uche mee ihe n'oge nnọchibido ahụ.[5] N'ikpeazụ, bọmbụ RAF bibiri nnukwu ogidi tankị Iraq ma were ndị mkpọrọ 300 n'agha na mpụga obodo ahụ.[6][7] Ndị agha Britain weghaara obodo ahụ na 6 Eprel. [8]

Mgbe ndị ọrụ gọọmentị hapụrụ ụlọ ahụ ma zuo ihe ndị dị n'ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ, Baker mere ka Anis Muhammad, onye nwe ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ Hamdan, kwenye inye aka.[9] Baker rịọrọ enyemaka nke ndị obodo iji bubata akwụkwọ ndị fọdụrụnụ n'elu mgbidi ụkwụ asaa nke ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ wee banye n'ime ụlọ iri nri nke ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ dị n'akụkụ ya. Tupu e bibie ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ, Baker napụtara 70% nke nchịkọta ọbá akwụkwọ: akwụkwọ 30,000, gụnyere akwụkwọ Bekee na Arabic na asụsụ Spanish Koran.[1][10]

Baker na di ya gbazitere gwongworo ma kesaa akwụkwọ ndị ahụ n'etiti ndị ọrụ ọbá akwụkwọ, ndị enyi, na ụlọ nke ha mgbe ihe dakwasịrị na Basra.[3] E wughachiri ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ na 2004 ma weghachite Baker dị ka onye isi ọbá akwụkwọ.[11]

Akụkọ banyere otu Baker si napụta akwụkwọ ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ akpaliwo akwụkwọ ụmụaka abụọ: Alia's Mission na Jeanette Winter's The Librarian of Basra (Harcourt 2005). E nyela ụfọdụ n'ime ego ndị e nwetara site na ire ere n'ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ.[12] Prọfesọ S. Sivadas ebipụtala akwụkwọ na Malayalam nke akpọrọ Pusthaka maalaakhayute katha banyere ya. [1] Archived1 Septemba 2021 naỤgbọ Mmiri Wayback

Baker nwụrụ site na COVID-19 na Basra na 13 Ọgọst 2021, n'oge ọrịa COVID-19 na Iraq. [13]

Ihe odide

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "After the War: The Librarian; Books Spirited to Safety Before Iraq Library Fire", The New York Times, 27 July 2003. Retrieved on 8 March 2013.
  2. Jardine and Naqvi, "Learning not to Speak in Tongues" (2008), p. 640.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Alia Muhammad Baker – Chief Librarian of Al Basrah (Iraq) Central Library, Cultural Heroine – Middle Eastern Culture (en-US). www.bellaonline.com. Retrieved on 21 August 2018.
  4. Shaoni Bhattacharya, "Catastrophe looms as Basra remains without water", New Scientist, 25 March 2003.
  5. James Dao, "British seek revolution in Basra", The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March 2003.
  6. Tim Butcher, "Battle for the streets of Basra", The Guardian, 31 March 2003.
  7. Tom Newton Dunn, "War Watch: Iraqi tank column breaks out of Basra", The Guardian, 31 March 2003; pooled report quoting Major Mick Green.
  8. Rosalind Russell, "British tanks shoot their way into Basra", IOL News, 6 April 2003.
  9. Dewan. "AFTER THE WAR: THE LIBRARIAN; Books Spirited to Safety Before Iraq Library Fire", The New York Times, 27 July 2003. Retrieved on 21 August 2018. (in en)
  10. Rebecca Knuth (2006). Burning Books And Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence And Cultural Destruction. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275990077. 
  11. "Alia Muhammad Baker – Chief Librarian of Al Basrah (Iraq) Central Library, Cultural Heroine", Bella Online. Retrieved on 8 March 2013.
  12. Jardine and Naqvi, "Learning not to Speak in Tongues" (2008), p. 644.
  13. وفاة أمينة المكتبة المركزية في البصرة عالية محمد باقر: أنقذت آلاف الكتب عام 2003 (ar). IQ News (13 August 2021). Retrieved on 14 August 2021.