THE HERO LIBRARIAN OF TIMBUKTU
How far would you go to protect your most treasured possessions? What would you be willing to risk to save your family’s precious heirlooms?
These were the questions facing Abdel Kader Haidara in 2012 when his city of Timbuktu, in the West African country of Mali, was under attack from terrorists who were determined to destroy everything in their wake, including Abdel’s library.
For years, Abdel had made it his life’s work to
