The Book Collectors of Daraya - Minoui Delphine
The Book Collectors of Daraya - Minoui Delphine In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. People's homes were destroyed and their food supplies…
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The Book Collectors of Daraya - Minoui Delphine
In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. People's homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off, disease was rife.Yet in this man-made hell, forty young Syrian revolutionaries embarked on an extraordinary project, rescuing all the books they could find in the bombed-out ruins of their home town. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks.
It became their school, their university, their refuge. They used them to create a secret library, in a safe place, deep underground. It was a place to learn, to exchange ideas, to dream and to hope.Based on lengthy interviews with these young men, conducted over Skype by the award-winning French journalist Delphine Minoui, The Book Collectors of Daraya is a powerful testament to freedom, tolerance and the power of literature.Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud.