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Damascus bookshops fear disappearance as crisis hits culture / V000_9Q82PH
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The Damascus bookshops and publishing houses that once stood as beacons of Syria's intellectual life are being replaced with shoe shops and money changers, as culture falls casualty to crisis. Muhammad Salem al-Nouri, owner of the Al-Nouri bookstore which was founded in 1930, fears the store he inherited from his father is at risk of meeting the same fate. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES