Library owner in Duhok village seeks to encourage reading books
DUHOK, Kurdistan Region - A Yazidi woman has opened her own library in Duhok province’s Sheikhan district, hoping that her initiative would encourage locals into reading more and prioritizing education.
Jannah Shakir is a Yazidi book enthusiast who has opened her own library in the Sheikhan district of Duhok.
Shakir is an educated villager that finds joy in education and owns a library in her hometown to help further educate the youth. She believes that books have helped her on several occasions in her life.
“When a book was not available, I would access the PDF version of it,” She told Rudaw’s Hunar Rasheed. “My friends and I also swapped books, and borrowed books from each other. This is what made me love books and gave me the idea to open my own library.”
The idea of the library started in 2019. In the beginning, the library was available only online and had delivery to a number of areas.
The idea of the project led Shakir to stop working as a full-time teacher and focused on her library to help educate more people in the area.
“I want people to seek education and open more libraries and cultural projects because the most beautiful thing humans can do is work,” she said.
Her library is full of different genres of books including novels, history books, and different kinds of philosophical fiction. Shakir is lending books to those who cannot buy them, and locals are also helping her project by donating books.
“I wanted them to have more interest in education and reading, especially in a generation where social media is controlling and wasting their time,” she said.
Jannah Shakir is a Yazidi book enthusiast who has opened her own library in the Sheikhan district of Duhok.
Shakir is an educated villager that finds joy in education and owns a library in her hometown to help further educate the youth. She believes that books have helped her on several occasions in her life.
“When a book was not available, I would access the PDF version of it,” She told Rudaw’s Hunar Rasheed. “My friends and I also swapped books, and borrowed books from each other. This is what made me love books and gave me the idea to open my own library.”
The idea of the library started in 2019. In the beginning, the library was available only online and had delivery to a number of areas.
The idea of the project led Shakir to stop working as a full-time teacher and focused on her library to help educate more people in the area.
“I want people to seek education and open more libraries and cultural projects because the most beautiful thing humans can do is work,” she said.
Her library is full of different genres of books including novels, history books, and different kinds of philosophical fiction. Shakir is lending books to those who cannot buy them, and locals are also helping her project by donating books.
“I wanted them to have more interest in education and reading, especially in a generation where social media is controlling and wasting their time,” she said.