Syrian Secret Library Spins Tale of Hope in Chaos
Published on: Tuesday 23 July 2019
Amid the bombing campaign between the Syrian regime and rebel forces in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, a small group of young students tried to bring normalcy to the chaos by creating a secret library deep underneath a bullet-ridden building.
The library was built to create a safe shelter for residents to gather and read.
For months, Mike Thomson, a British-based journalist, documented the students' efforts in his book "Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege."
