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What is Bookhive and why it is flourishing?

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The Situ Lembang Gardens are home to the first Bookhive.

Why did Farid Hamka choose to establish Bookhive branches in a number of Jakarta’s gardens? Source: Source: wafa-chiyoko-jin/hwa/Creative Commons

Farid Hamka is a young Jakartan who loves to read. He wondered how he could foster that love in his fellow Jakartans. The COVID-19 experience helped him to come up with an effective solution.

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Farid Hamka is a young Jakartan who loves to read. He wondered how he could foster that love in his fellow Jakartans. The COVID-19 experience helped him to come up with an effective solution.

The team at KBR 68 H spoke with Farid Hamka who explained how the COVID-19 pandemic reignited his love for Jakarta and its hidden treasures which inspired him to create and found the Bookhive.

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The beautiful Suropati Gardens is another location for a Bookhive.
The number of Bookhive branches keeps growing. Why? Source: Source: JakartaThings To Do/Creative Commons

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