Mohamad El Chamaa writes: “Amid the bombed-out buildings and thousands of dead in Gaza City, there is another, often overlooked casualty: the embattled enclave’s shattered cultural institutions, particularly its few libraries. Both Gaza Municipal Library and the Rashad al-Shawa Cultural Center, which hosted a meeting between President Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat 25 years ago, have been shelled into rubble during the nearly two months of war as Israel attempts to destroy the militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.”