some of these books are the only form of documentation of some families’ history. these photos were taken by palestinian artist emily jacir
it was actually 70,000 stolen books but 30,000 were just from houses in jerusalem, and 6000 of those are now in Israel’s national library, which most owners of these books can’t reach. some books that didn’t make it there were just completely recycled into paper
here is a documentary about the book looting
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