Esleen in the Amazigh language means a type of compact granite stone often found in Kosbah, which may translate the relationship of the name of the house to this stone’s features.
Once the capital of all the Barbary states, Derna sits between Libya’s Green Mountain and the desert, looking out onto the Mediterranean and back upon a history stretching into millennia.
After the uprising of 2011, the city of Benghazi experienced an increase in volunteer activities. This decreased between 2013 and 2015, but recently has begun to flourish again.
“All these are readers, and their gestures, their craft, the pleasure, the responsibility and the power they derive from reading, are common with mine. I am not alone.” – Alberto Manguel
