{"id":133881,"date":"2026-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/archives\/133881"},"modified":"2026-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"with-primitive-tools-on-a-gaza-sidewalk-a-man-restores-qurans-pulled-from-the-rubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/archives\/133881","title":{"rendered":"With Primitive Tools on a Gaza Sidewalk\u2026 A Man Restores Qurans Pulled from the Rubble"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Primitive Tools on a Gaza Sidewalk\u2026 A Man Restores Qurans
\nPulled from the Rubble<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

In a
\nnarrow corner along a worn sidewalk in Gaza City, Raafat Jabr sits surrounded
\nby torn pages and charred covers, carefully piecing them together as if
\nreconstructing a memory rescued from beneath the debris<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Far
\nfrom workshops and libraries, a different kind of restoration story is taking
\nshape. Jabr works to repair what remains of Qurans recovered by residents from
\nthe ruins of mosques and homes destroyed by the war<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Using
\nsimple, rudimentary tools and without access to electricity, he spends long
\nhours gluing pages and rebinding whatever can be salvaged\u2014an effort to
\ncompensate for the severe shortage of Qurans following the destruction of
\nhundreds of mosques across the Gaza Strip<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Inside
\na small kiosk that barely shields him from the sun, his work becomes a mission,
\nand his effort a form of resilience<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Jabr
\nsays that residents bring him damaged copies of the Quran, and he strives to
\nrevive them despite limited resources and the lack of necessary materials. Each
\nday, he manages to restore between five and six copies\u2014a modest number, yet one
\nthat carries significant meaning in a reality weighed down by blockade and
\ndevastation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

This
\ncraft is not new to him. For nearly 30 years, Jabr worked in book restoration,
\npreviously operating from a shop in a local market with better tools and more
\nstable conditions. But the war has changed everything, forcing him from a fully
\nequipped workshop onto an exposed sidewalk, transforming professional work into
\nan individual initiative driven by determination<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite
\nthe hardships, Jabr says he has no intention of stopping. He finds in his work
\na sense of hope and fulfillment, especially as it represents, in his words, \u201ca
\nservice to the Book of God.\u201d With ongoing restrictions on the entry of Qurans
\ninto Gaza, the need to salvage what can be recovered from the rubble continues
\nto grow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Jabr
\nasks for little\u2014only volunteers to help him in his mission and a more suitable
\nspace that would allow him to expand his work. In his hands, it is not only
\nbooks that are restored, but also a sense of perseverance in a city striving,
\nagainst all odds, to preserve what remains of its spirit<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>(Source:
\nAl Jazeera)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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