• 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
  • 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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • 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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • 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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • 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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, (right) a former teacher at Egypt's Al Azhar University who now works as an imam, reads with a man in a library at his basement home which contains some 15,000 books he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, (right) a former teacher at Egypt's Al Azhar University who now works as an imam, reads with a man in a library at his basement home which contains some 15,000 books he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al Azhar University who now works as an imam, reads with a woman in a library at his basement home which contains some 15,000 books he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al Azhar University who now works as an imam, reads with a woman in a library at his basement home which contains some 15,000 books he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • 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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • 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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    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 he has collected. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
  • Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al Azhar University who now works as an imam, with the 15,000 books he has collected in his basement home. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.
    Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al Azhar University who now works as an imam, with the 15,000 books he has collected in his basement home. In his village in the Nile Delta, Dakahlia governorate, which is north of Cairo, he offers young men and women free books to read.

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Egyptian imam creates makeshift library in his basement - in pictures

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

The National

September 09, 2022

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Updated: September 09, 2022, 6:31 AM
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