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By: Scott Lashinsky
November 2, 2017[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]After graduating college, Gaith Jann became a successful insurance risk analyst in his native Jordan. But after only a few years he became jaded by the business world, which left him hungering for a more meaningful life. Enter a love for books. Follow Gaith’s journey from a twenty something businessman to an unorthodox street librarian who sells books from his 1974 Mercedes.[/cs_text][x_video_embed no_container=”true” type=”16:9″]
[/x_video_embed][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center”]A Man & His Universe[/x_custom_headline][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]By: Scott Lashinsky
December 15, 2016[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Previously on our podcast, we shared the story of Gaith, a street librarian who sells books from his classic Mercedes to spread reading culture in his native Jordan and to raise money for his bookshop. Here is the rest of his story.[/cs_text][x_video_embed no_container=”true” type=”16:9″]
[/x_video_embed][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center”]Nancy the Mercedes[/x_custom_headline][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]By: Scott Lashinsky
July 24, 2016[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]
Previously, we shared the story of Gaith, a twenty something businessman who quit a successful job in the insurance business to pursue a love for books. In this week’s audio story, learn more about the vehicle—quite literally—that drives Gaith’s Books on the Road mobile bookstore initiative: a 1974 Mercedes 200 named Nancy.[/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/storiesofmycity/Gaith_Nancy_PODCAST.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center”]Books on the Road[/x_custom_headline][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]By: Scott Lashinsky
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After graduating college, Gaith Jann became a successful insurance risk analyst in his native Jordan. But after only a few years he became jaded by the business world, which left him hungering for a more meaningful life. Enter a love for books. Follow Gaith’s journey from a twenty something businessman to an unorthodox street librarian who sells books from his 1974 Mercedes.[/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/storiesofmycity/Gaith_BooksOnTheRoad_PODCAST.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][x_gap size=”50px”][x_button type=”transparent” shape=”rounded” size=”small” block=”false” circle=”false” icon_only=”false” href=”https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/stories-of-our-city/id309037929?mt=2″ title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=”” style=”position: relative;left: 50%;margin-right: -50%;transform: translate(-50%, -50%);”]SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST HERE![/x_button][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]