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Syrian man uncovers library hidden behind wall for 15 years

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Syrian man uncovers library hidden behind wall for 15 years. (2026, September 17). Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/17/17-09-sv-syrian-man-finds-his-books-sy?traffic_source=rss

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-09-17

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Abu Bilal, a Syrian man, recently rediscovered a hidden library that had been concealed behind a secret wall in his home for 15 years. He built this hiding place to protect his collection of books from the Assad regime. Using just a hammer, Abu Bilal was able to remove the wall and retrieve his precious collection intact.
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Story summary

Abu Bilal, a Syrian man who fled his home city of Homs during the civil war over 15 years ago, recently returned and discovered that the hidden library he had concealed behind a false wall was still intact. To protect his precious books from the former Assad regime, Abu Bilal built a secret wall in his house and placed cardboard sheets to shield them. After knocking down the structure with a hammer, he found that not only were the books undamaged but also money hidden alongside them. The collection includes important Islamic texts such as biographies of Prophet Mohammed and works on Sunni Islamic scholarship. Abu Bilal expressed gratitude for their safe condition despite the accumulation of dust.

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📰 Hidden Library Found Syria
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Topics

Syria Syrian

Subjects

Abu Bilal PERSON · 1× Assad PERSON · 1× Syria GPE · 1× Syrian NORP · 1×

Narrative

Syrian man uncovers library hidden behind wall for 15 years When Abu Bilal built a secret wall in his home to protect his precious books from Syria’s former Assad regime, he didn’t know if he’d see them again.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-17
2026-09-17 · Al Jazeera
Syrian man uncovers library hidden behind wall for 15 years · assertive framing

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Syrian man uncovers library hidden behind wall for 15 years When Abu Bilal built a secret wall in his home to protect his precious books from Syria’s former Assad regime, he didn’t know if he’d see them again. asserted
he → uncover → them
15 years later, with the help of a hammer, he was able to recover them. asserted
he → recover → them
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