· Overview. The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege. Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by Brand: PublicAffairs. · (Note: I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley) "Syria's Secret Library" tells the incredible true story of those who managed to improvise a library for a beleaguered community. Through the focal point of this underground oasis of books, readers are given an incredibly intimate look into what daily life during the siege of the Damascus suburb of Darayya, an experience similar to /5. Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege. The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege. Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its .
Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege. Reviewed by David Austin November 1, presentation spaces, debate stages, town centers, social halls, hangouts: in short, the beating heart of a community's culture. veteran BBC correspondent Mike Thomson began hearing stories from the town of Daraya near. The remarkable, improbable story of a small, makeshift library in the Syrian town of Darayya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during the four-year siege they endured. At the height of the Syrian Civil War, deep beneath the shattered streets of rebel-held Darayya was a secret library. In this compassionate account, journalist Thomson knits together and expands his reporting for the BBC on the underground library in the Syrian town of Darayya. He explains that the town, just outside.
reading and redemption in a town under siege by Mike Thomson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 20, A BBC reporter’s portrait of Darayya library in Syria, “a secret library filled with thousands of books rescued from the rubble of war.”. Syria’s Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege By Mike Thomson. veteran BBC correspondent Mike Thomson began hearing stories. In this compassionate account, journalist Thomson knits together and expands his reporting for the BBC on the underground library in the Syrian town of Darayya. He explains that the town, just outside.
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