Watch: Gaza Bookseller Rebuilds Roadside Library From Rubble

July 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Deir el-Balah, Territoires Palestiniens: Mohammed Saad arranges rescued books and welcomes customers at a roadside tent bookstore in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, after rebuilding his library with volumes recovered from the rubble of his home in Beit Lahia. “Instead of burning them, come and take the money, and I will buy them,” Saad says, adding that he has worked with them for 35 years. “Don’t burn them, because books have value, and books are life for a person.”

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