The book collectors: a band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war
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"An extraordinary account of a band of young men in a besieged Damascan suburb who find books in the rubble and create a secret library"--
Long a site of peaceful resistance to the Assad regimes, Daraya fell under siege in 2012. For four years no one entered or left, and aid was blocked. Bombs fell on this place of homes and families. A group searching for survivors stumbled upon a cache of books; in a week they had six thousand volumes; in a month fifteen thousand. A sanctuary was born: a library to escape the blockade, offering Arabic poetry, American self-help, Shakespearean plays and more. Over text messages, Minoui came to know the young men who gathered in the library, exchanged ideas, learned English, and imagined how to shape the future, even as bombs kept falling from above. -- adapted from jacket
Long a site of peaceful resistance to the Assad regimes, Daraya fell under siege in 2012. For four years no one entered or left, and aid was blocked. Bombs fell on this place of homes and families. A group searching for survivors stumbled upon a cache of books; in a week they had six thousand volumes; in a month fifteen thousand. A sanctuary was born: a library to escape the blockade, offering Arabic poetry, American self-help, Shakespearean plays and more. Over text messages, Minoui came to know the young men who gathered in the library, exchanged ideas, learned English, and imagined how to shape the future, even as bombs kept falling from above. -- adapted from jacket
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Biographies
Biography
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Books and reading -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Social life and customs
Dåarayyåa (Syria) -- Intellectual life
Dåarayyåa (Syria) -- Social life and customs
Electronic books
Ethnology
History
Intellectual life
Libraries -- Social aspects
Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Libraries and society
Libraries and society -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Literary criticism
Manners and customs
Social aspects
Social life and customs
Syria
Syria -- Dārayyā
Syria -- History
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
Biography
Books and reading
Books and reading -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Social life and customs
Dåarayyåa (Syria) -- Intellectual life
Dåarayyåa (Syria) -- Social life and customs
Electronic books
Ethnology
History
Intellectual life
Libraries -- Social aspects
Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Libraries and society
Libraries and society -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Literary criticism
Manners and customs
Social aspects
Social life and customs
Syria
Syria -- Dārayyā
Syria -- History
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
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"An extraordinary account of a band of young men in a besieged Damascan suburb who find books in the rubble and create a secret library"--
Long a site of peaceful resistance to the Assad regimes, Daraya fell under siege in 2012. For four years no one entered or left, and aid was blocked. Bombs fell on this place of homes and families. A group searching for survivors stumbled upon a cache of books; in a week they had six thousand volumes; in a month fifteen thousand. A sanctuary was born: a library to escape the blockade, offering Arabic poetry, American self-help, Shakespearean plays and more. Over text messages, Minoui came to know the young men who gathered in the library, exchanged ideas, learned English, and imagined how to shape the future, even as bombs kept falling from above. -- adapted from jacket
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Books and reading -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Social life and customs
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Electronic books
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Libraries -- Social aspects
Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Libraries and society
Libraries and society -- Syria -- Dārayyā
Literary criticism
Manners and customs
Social aspects
Syria
Syria -- Dārayyā
Syria -- History
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
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The book collectors : a band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war
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The Book Collectors : A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War [electronic resource] / Delphine Minoui
The book collectors : a band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war / Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
The book collectors : a band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war / Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
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Social aspects
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