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Damascus, 1958. Photo by Harrison Forman.

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Bethlehem, 1960s

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Vineyard workers in Lebanon, late 19th century

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Beirut Souk (marketplace), Lebanon, 1910.

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William Carter, Lebanon, 1960s

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Landscapes of Lebanon by Georgian-born Lebanese painter Boris Novikoff (1888 - 1966)

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“South Lebanon” (1978) by Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour.

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Being from the Levant is the greatest honour

They took so much from all of us yet we are still here

They will never succeed in erasing us no matter how hard they try and how much devastation they leave behind them

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From the second Palestinian intifada, Jabal il Nar, Ras il Ain, Nablus.   

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White Lebanon 🇱🇧

لبنان الحب ✨

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The only story lesson that matters HAIFA

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Fatima Hammdo in traditional dress and army uniform in the 1970s

Photograph: Diab Alkarssifi

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Mawlid Al Nabi Celebrations in Beirut, Lebanon 1939

إحتفالات المولد النبوي الشريف في بيروت عام 1939

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Pairs of earrings made in Tripoli, Lebanon, in the late 19th century/early 20th century. The pair in the first picture is made out of silver with blue glass beads. The pair in the second picture is made out of similar materials, except with Ottoman pendant coins.

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Pair of hair ornaments made of low grade silver in Rashaya, Lebanon, late 19th century. Plait ornaments like these were worn in sets of three. They were attached at the bottom of lengths of black silk or wool which were plaited into the hair and hung just below a woman’s wait at the back. 

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Mawlid Al Nabi Celebrations in Beirut, Lebanon 1939

إحتفالات المولد النبوي الشريف في بيروت عام 1939

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1961: Photographs of Bassam Shakaa and Enaya al-Fassed, a Palestinian couple. They were staying in Syria as political refugees.