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Israeli war adds scars to Palestinian psyche

Activists see Israel’s bombing of cultural centers, bookstores and other cultural institutions in the Gaza Strip, as well as the killing of a 17-year-old in a refugee camp in the West Bank, as an attempt to obliterate Palestine’s cultural identity.

Samir Mansour and bookstore ruins
Samir Mansour, Palestinian owner of the eponymous bookstore and publishing house which had the largest collection of English literature in Gaza, stands on the rubble of the bookshop after it was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City on May 22, 2021. — EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images

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