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flag The first post-Assad Damascus Book Fair showcases banned Islamist works and Kurdish culture, signaling broader freedoms in Syria.

flag The 2026 Damascus International Book Fair, the first since Bashar al-Assad’s ousting, marks a cultural shift in Syria, with banned Islamist texts like Sayyid Qutb’s "Milestones" now on display and in demand. flag Kurdish culture, long suppressed, is celebrated with a dedicated pavilion. flag While books inciting violence or glorifying the Assad regime are excluded, the fair reflects broader changes in post-Assad Syria, including greater religious and ethnic expression under interim leadership.

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