Bookseller Samir Mansour: ‘It was shocking to realise I was a target’
by Bethan McKernan from on (#5SP7E)
The Palestinian bookseller whose shop was destroyed in the most recent conflict in Gaza on how it has been crowdfunded back into existence - three times bigger
Bookseller Samir Mansour did not get much sleep the night in May this year that changed his life: he had stayed awake watching the news for updates as Israeli bombs fell on Gaza City.
Around 6am, the Al Jazeera anchor said that the busy downtown street home to Mansour's business was under attack. His instinct was to rush to the area in an effort to save his collection. Instead, he arrived just in time to see two missiles smash through the glass storefront as the building collapsed.
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