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Previously Clandestine Literature Displayed in Damascus Bookstores

Élie-Joe Kamel, 2025-01-28 16:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Damascus Assad Literature Syrian opposition

Booksellers in Damascus can finally breathe after decades of intellectual terrorism under the Assad regime. Books on Syrian prisons, works by Salafists and banned political essays are now freely available for sale. With AFP

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