Specialist Middle East bookshop in London to close on New Year's Eve - in pictures

Al Saqi Books, which opened in 1978, has not survived the pandemic, Brexit and the political and economic chaos in Lebanon, the source of most of its books

Director Salwa Gaspard at Al Saqi Books in Bayswater, west London. The shop, which specialises in Middle East books, will close for good on New Year's Eve. All photos: AFP

Dec 23, 2022

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