Description
In a small office in Aleppo, Syrian historian Alaa Al-Sayed meticulously organizes thousands of newspapers, books and pamphlets, scanning each one to add them to his digital library aimed at preserving his war-torn city’s history. Hit hard by Syria’s war, the city of Aleppo lost large sections of its historic markets to bombing and street fighting. But with the documents and clippings he has preserved, Al-Sayed is working to faithfully restore the lost sections of Aleppo's old city. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES