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Shaimaa al-Budeiri, a digital archive officer at the Khalidi library, speaks during an interview at her office in the library in the old city of Jerusalem on June 20.2023. Located in the walled Old City near an entrance to the Al Aqsa mosque complex, the library was founded by Palestinian notable Raghib Al-Khalidi in 1900 at the request of his late mother Khadija. It also holds Persian, German and French books, including an impressive collection of 60 titles by Victor Hugo. Its founder studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)