Lebanese happy to visit floating library in Beirut port

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Lebanese happy to visit floating library in Beirut port

STORY: Lebanese happy to visit floating library in Beirut port DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of visitors onboard the floating library 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SALLY, Visitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ELIE MSALLEM, Visitor 4. various of the floating library 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NIDHIN SEBASTIEN, Ports engagement director at Logos Hope 6. various of the ship from the outside STORYLINE: Hundreds of Lebanese have flocked to a floating book fair -- Logos Hope for the past 10 days, which docked in Beirut harbor on Dec. 15. The library ship, which constitutes one of the world's largest floating book exhibitions, belongs to GBA Ships, a Germany-based charity organization that brings knowledge to people around the world. People expressed their happiness to visit Logos Hope which is the first such experience for many. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SALLY, Visitor "There are a lot of nice books from which we can benefit, we loved the experience a lot. T

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