Bardarash Home Library Preserves Books Books are arranged on shelves inside a private home library in Bardarash, Iraq, on June 2, 2026. Shahab Ahmad Piro, a 45-year-old journalism and radio graduate, says he has collected more than 1,500 books over two decades and opened part of his home as a reading space for local residents, students and book lovers in an area with few public reading facilities. Bardarash Nineveh Iraq

Bardarash Home Library Preserves Books Books are arranged on shelves inside a private home library in Bardarash, Iraq, on June 2, 2026. Shahab Ahmad Piro, a 45-year-old journalism and radio graduate, says he has collected more than 1,500 books over two decades and opened part of his home as a reading space for local residents, students and book lovers in an area with few public reading facilities. Bardarash Nineveh Iraq

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Bardarash Home Library Preserves Books Books are arranged on shelves inside a private home library in Bardarash, Iraq, on June 2, 2026. Shahab Ahmad Piro, a 45-year-old journalism and radio graduate, says he has collected more than 1,500 books over two decades and opened part of his home as a reading space for local residents, students and book lovers in an area with few public reading facilities. Bardarash Nineveh Iraq

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