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Gaza man builds roadside library from books buried in rubble

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Mohammad Saad, a bookseller in Gaza, has established a roadside library using books salvaged from rubble following Israel's war on Gaza. The library operates as a public collection of recovered volumes arranged along a roadside location.

Saad experienced significant personal losses during the conflict, including the death of his son, the destruction of his home, and the loss of his bookstore. Despite these circumstances, he has worked to recover books from the debris and make them accessible to the community.

The roadside library represents an effort to preserve literary resources and provide public access to reading materials in the aftermath of widespread destruction in Gaza. The initiative demonstrates an attempt to rebuild cultural and educational infrastructure in the region.

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