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There's something very poetic about the way Delphine Minoui starts The Book Collectors - a group of young men who scavenge the still warm rubble of the besieged Syrian town of Daraya looking for books. Despite the onslaught of bombs, the lack of food, water and electricity, and almost total neglect from humanitarian aid organizations, the young men of Daraya manage to keep hope alive. Through a series of messages, phone calls and video chats on WhatsApp, they are able to show journalist Minoui a small glimpse into their daily lives. Even under the most dire circumstances, the people of Daraya manage to find hope through literature, through every day self help books like 7 Habits or in the words of the late great poet Mahmoud Darwish. Beautiful, heartbreaking and timely, The Book Collectors is a great read!
Now available.
There's something very poetic about the way Delphine Minoui starts The Book Collectors - a group of young men who scavenge the still warm rubble of the besieged Syrian town of Daraya looking for books. Despite the onslaught of bombs, the lack of food, water and electricity, and almost total neglect from humanitarian aid organizations, the young men of Daraya manage to keep hope alive. Through a series of messages, phone calls and video chats on WhatsApp, they are able to show journalist Minoui a small glimpse into their daily lives. Even under the most dire circumstances, the people of Daraya manage to find hope through literature, through every day self help books like 7 Habits or in the words of the late great poet Mahmoud Darwish. Beautiful, heartbreaking and timely, The Book Collectors is a great read!