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Books are quaint in the digital age, but not yet extinct!
"... Many Iraqis are avid readers and take pride in the old saying that “Cairo writes, Beirut prints and Baghdad reads.” But in an age of smartphones and social media, younger generations have other distractions. Ashour’s strategy is to source books that are difficult to access in southern Iraq and host regular gatherings to discuss in-demand works that range from Nietze and Schopenhauer to Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, which is particularly popular, he says. ..."
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