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Surrounded by the rubble of his former book-selling business, Shaban Esleem says his commitment to rebuilding his Gaza bookstore is set in stone. “I’ll start over,” he explains, “from the smallest to the largest.” In the four-story tower that housed the Iqra bookstore, which means Read, it sold titles in Arabic and foreign languages. They have also been buried, after the Israeli bombings, a printing house, another bookstore and a language academy in the same building. Esleem, 33, collects the wreck to preserve some title, as a memento of the disaster, including broken or burned copies. The Israeli Army warned that the bombing was going to take place on May 10 and that is why there were no victims. After the ceasefire, this bankrupt bookseller has started an online campaign to seek support and has already managed to raise $ 130,000 to rebuild his bookstore. Although he complains that the Israeli blockade does not allow him, for the moment, to access the funds. Another collective punishment for the inhabitants of Gaza.-Drafting-
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