Syrian's Secret Library Analysis

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The country of Syria just hit it’s fifth year on war. Many people are out of jobs or short on education. Lots of people have fled trying to find a better place to live. While others took the dangerous route by staying and trying to make the best of life.
Syria is a very dangerous place for people to live during the war. In the article “Syria’s Secret Library” by Mike Thomson explains that in the four years that Syrian war has been going on 2,000 people mostly civilians have been killed (2). Thomson also explains that out of the 80,000 people that live in Darayya 8,000 have left but now no one is allowed to leave, so they are stuck in the war filled city (3). The Associated Press explains in “Refugee Tent Camp for Syrian Grows into a Busy Jordanian City” that the war between the Syrian government and rebels has been going on for 5 years and …show more content…

In just three years a desert was transformed into a camp for Syrian refugees to live states the Associated Press. The camp has an ATM machine and plans for water and sewage systems (Associated Press 1). According to Mike Thomson a secret library in Syria provides hope and inspiration to the people living in Darayya (Thomson 1). One library user, Abdulbaset, says “In a sense the library gave me back my life...just like the body needs food, the soul needs books” (Thomson 5).
Education is very slim in Syria during the war so people are trying to help in many ways. Mike Thomson states that many people use the secret library books to help them with their jobs. Hospital volunteers, untrained teachers, and even dentists use them (Thomson 3). The founders of the secret library saw the need to create a safe and new library so the people if Darayya could continue their education (Thomson 2). The Associated Press says that a man named Abdel Mutalleb Hariri went to the refugee camp in Syria’s with his six kids and enrolled them in the samp’s school (Associated Press

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