Tripoli library set aflame, 50,000 books lost
Kirsten Reach
One of the largest and oldest libraries in Lebanon, the Al Sa’eh Library of Tripoli, was torched during the night of Friday, January 3. Over 80,000 titles were in the library’s… Read more »
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