Tucked in a corner across from Istanbul?s Kariye museum is a haven for young Syrians who want to do one simple thing: read. With Pages, Kadri hopes to create a space for young Syrians curious about the world, who want to escape the isolation of refugee life, and, for a fleeting moment, pretend they are back in their homeland. During the Guardian?s visit, he was interrupted by a group of young children who had been touring the bookstore. Read moreHere young children can come and read all the books available for free, or borrow as many as they want, for as little as 20 lire (?4.80) a month. He moved to Amman, and fell in love with Istanbul during a short visit to the city.

Signboards featuring pictures of APA hotel chain`s president Fumiko Motoya is seen at its headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO A Japanese hotel chain at the center of a furor over books its president wrote denying the Nanjing Massacre in wartime China is prepared to consider removing the books from at least some hotels if it receives a formal written request to do so. Tokyo-based hotel and real estate developer APA Group came under fire last week for books by president Toshio Motoya, which contain his revisionist views and are placed in every room of the company`s 400-plus APA Hotels. "China says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people in Nanjing from December 1937 to January 1938. To the fury of China, some conservative Japanese politicians and academics deny the massacre took place, or they put the death toll much lower.