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Syria's Secret Library - The true story of how a besieged Syrian town found hope (Hardcover)
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Syria's Secret Library - The true story of how a besieged Syrian town found hope (Hardcover)
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List price R605
Loot Price R497
Discovery Miles 4 970
You Save R108 (18%)
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Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just south west of the
Syrian Capital. Yet it lives in another world. Besieged by Syrian
government forces since 2011, its people were deprived of food,
bombarded by bombs and missiles, and shot at by snipers. Its
buildings lay in ruins; office buildings, shops and family homes
shattered by the constant shelling from government forces. But deep
beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a secret library.
No signs marked its presence. While the streets above echoed with
rifle fire and shelling, the secret world below was a haven of
peace and tranquillity. Books, long rows of them, lined almost
every wall. Bloated volumes with grand leather covers. Tattered old
tomes with barely readable spines. Pocket sized guides to Syrian
poetry. Religious works with gaudy gold-lettering and no-nonsense
reference books, all arranged in well-ordered lines. But this
precious hoard of books was not bought from publishers, book
warehouses, or loaned by other libraries. Many people had risked
their lives to save books from the devastation of war. Because to
them, the secret library was a symbol of hope - of their
determination to lead a meaningful existence and to rebuild their
fractured society. This is the story of an extraordinary place and
the people who made it happen. It is also a book about human
resilience and values. And through it all is threaded the very
wonderful, universal love for books and the hope they can bring.
"Just like the body needs food the soul needs books." Anas Habib
(library user)
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