Saeh Library - Torched

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Very old Library held by Greek Orthodox Father Ibrahim Sourouj.

On 4-1-14, Civil Defense teams struggled to put out the flames which engulfed the historic bookstore owned by Father Ibrahim Srouj in the old Serail neighborhood in the city, turning one of Lebanon's most renowned libraries into rubble.

Unknown assailants torched Al-Saeh library, destroying "two thirds of some 80,000 books and manuscripts housed there,” AFP reported.

The whole building, built in the early 1800s, is at risk of being sold and destroyed.

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