Virtual Book Talk: The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War
When:
Wednesday, Dec 02, 2020 12:00p -
1:00p
Wednesday, Dec 02, 2020 12:00p -
1:00p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
$5
Categories:
History, Lectures & Conferences, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/
VIRTUAL BOOK TALK | The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War
Delphine Minoui in conversation with Kim Ghattas
Long a site of peaceful resistance to the Assad regime, the town of Daraya fell under siege in 2012. For four years, no one entered or left; aid was blocked and bombs fell daily. A group searching for survivors stumbled upon a cache of books in the rubble and transformed it into a library that offered a marvelous range of books—from Arabic poetry to American self-help, Shakespearean plays to stories of war in other times and places. It became a sanctuary with over fifteen thousand volumes, a place where people could escape the blockade.
Award-winning journalist Delphine Minoui tracked down one of the library’s founders, twenty-three-year-old Ahmad. She 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. By telling their stories, Minoui makes a far-off, complicated war immediate and reveals these young men to be everyday heroes as inspiring as the books they read. The Book Collectors is a testament to their bravery and a celebration of the power of words.
To register visit: https://bbd.bostonathenaeum.org/register
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