Egyptian imam creates makeshift library in his basement - in pictures

The former teacher has collected 15,000 books which he loans to local residents

Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al-Azhar university who now works as an imam, reads in a library at his basement home which contains some 15,000 books collected in the course of his life, in the hope of making an impact by offering young men and women in his village in the Nile Delta books to read for free in Dakahlia governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt August 26, 2022. REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El Ghany TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al-Azhar university who now works as an imam, reads in a library at his basement home which contains some 15,000 books collected in the course of his life, in the hope of making an impact by offering young men and women in his village in the Nile Delta books to read for free in Dakahlia governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt August 26, 2022. REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El Ghany TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Sep 09, 2022

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