Leicester firm helps destroyed Gaza bookshop to reopen

The two-storey Samir Mansour shop in Gaza was demolished during airstrikes carried out by the Zionist regime May 2021.
 

Books2Door took part in a global appeal which has raised more than $250,000 (£184,000) and collected 150,000 books to rebuild and restock the store.

The firm donated 1,000 books and the new, expanded bookshop is opening its doors for the first time on Saturday.

The store, one of the best-known in the territory, stocked a wide range of subjects, including a section in English.

It is estimated 100,000 books were lost.

The new store, which will also function as a library, is just 328 ft (100m) from the old and is almost three times the size.

Samir Mansour: "The day my bookshop was destroyed, I felt alone, but I found that there was great humanity in people to stand by me."

"I thank everyone who helped bring my library back to life. I feel so happy to be able to reopen it."