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Lebanon { 80 images } Created 19 Sep 2020

Photographs from Lebanon
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  • The grave of Rafik Hariri, a former Lebanese Prime Minister and business tycoon who was killed on February 14, 2005 by a powerful car bomb that targeted his motorcade in downtown Beirut. A Sunni Muslim born in 1944, he served as Prime Minister from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation in October 2004.
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  • A statue of Rafik Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister who was killed by a car bomb in Beirut on February 14, 2005. The statue stands close to the spot where he died, near the St. George Hotel.
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  • A silhouetted man fishes by the sea at sunset in Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - August 27, 2010: Idyllic scene at sunset on the Lebanese coast in Beirut as a man fishes and a sailboat plies the waters.
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  • At sunset, a man dives into the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon
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  • People swim in the Mediterranean Sea as the sun sets behind ancient columns at Al-Mina Archaeological Site in Tyre, Lebanon.
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  • Tyre, Lebanon - September 1, 2010: Faded posters of Yasser Arafat are on display in the Al-Bass Palestinian Refugee Camp, obscured by a tangle of utility wires in this densely crowded neighborhood
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  • Tyre, Lebanon - September 1, 2010: Roman ruins at the Al-Bass Archaeological Site in Tyre, Lebanon. Towering in the background is the monumental archway, built in the second century AD. In the foreground is a sarcophagi.
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  • Two young female tourists from Europe walk along the ancient stone street in the Roman ruins of Al-Bass Archaeological Site in Tyre, Lebanon
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  • Sarcophagus and sea at the Roman and Byzantine ruins of Al-Mina Archaeological Site in Tyre, Lebanon
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  • Roman ruins and the modern city of Tyre, Lebanon
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  • Column and sections of mosaic floor in the Roman and Byzantine ruins of Al-Mina Archaeological Site in Tyre, Lebanon. Buildings from modern Tyre in the background.
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  • An abandoned tank in Qana, Lebanon (September 2010)
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  • An abandoned tank in Qana, Lebanon (September 2010)
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  • A UN vehicle, part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission, drives through a village in southern Lebanon. Photographed through the window of a car.
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  • Qana, Lebanon - September 2, 2010: A roadside display of several important Shiite figures near the town of Qana in southern Lebanon. The portraits include the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran (upper left); Abbas al-Musawi, who was Secretary General of Hezbollah until his assassination in 1992 (upper right), and Imad Mughniyah, a Hezbollah leader assassinated in 2008 (lower left).
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  • A sign in Qana, Lebanon says, "Here's where Sacredness began". This is the place where many believe that Jesus performed his first miracle, changing water to wine at a wedding party.
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  • A cheap icon of the Virgin Mary placed in a historic cave in Qana, Lebanon. This town is where some people believe Jesus performed his first miracle of changing water to wine.
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  • A bench is located at a Christian religious site in Qana, Lebanon, where many believe that Jesus performed his first miracle, changing water to wine at a wedding party.
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  • A woman fishes at a popular beach in the Mediterranean city of Byblos, located a few miles north of Beirut.
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  • Byblos, Lebanon - September 4, 2010: Women fish in the Mediterranean Sea on a late summer afternoon in Byblos (Jbeil), Lebanon.
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  • Byblos, Lebanon - September 4, 2010: A late summer afternoon on the coast of Byblos (Jbeil), Lebanon
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  • A beautiful flower, called a Bristly Hollyhock (Alcea setosa), in Byblos, Lebanon
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  • A sign outside a bar in the Gemmayzeh neighborhood of Beirut creatively advertises its drinks. Gemmayzeh is an old district full of narrow streets and an active nightlife, especially on weekends. Parked cars and pedestrians are on the street.
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  • A resident of Anfeh (also spelled Enfeh) swims in the Mediterranean Sea. The town, located on the Mediterranean Sea 15 kilometers south fo Tripoli, is primarily Greek Orthodox with a minority of Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslim.
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  • A printed image of Jesus on the stone walls of a church in Enfe, Lebanon. (September 6, 2010)
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: A stone sarcophagus, probably Phoenician, with relief carvings of faces on the side. It is in the Citadel in Tripoli, Lebanon.
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  • Tipoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: Centuries-old stone cannon balls stacked against a stone wall in an entryway at the historic Tripoli Citadel, which has been used by Muslims, Crusaders, and others before that. The Citadel is open to tourists, though part of the Citadel is a military post and thus off-limits.
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  • Tipoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: Centuries-old stone cannon balls stacked against a stone wall in an entryway at the historic Tripoli Citadel, which has been used by Muslims, Crusaders, and others before that. The Citadel is open to tourists, though part of the Citadel is a military post and thus off-limits.
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: Part of the city of Tripoli, including a highway and canal, viewed from the Citadel. Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second largest city in the country after Beirut.
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: The impact crater of a rocket scars the wall of the historic Citadel in Tripoli, Lebanon. The rocket's metal shell is still visible inside the crater. According to a guide, the rocket is from fighting in the 1980s.
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: A young woman's hand touches a stone slab in which a cross is carved, symbolizing "the now" touching "the past". Located at the citadel in Tripoli, the stone carving is probably from the Byzantine era.
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: A glass-pierced dome/skylight at the Hammam al-Jadid in Tripoli (Trablous), Lebanon. Built around 1740, it is the best preserved and one of the largest hammams, or baths, in the city.
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: A faded poster of executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on a wall. The Arabic can be translated as: “The great martyr and pilgrim, Allah’s warrior, Saddam Hussein”. He was executed on December 30, 2006.
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 7, 2010: Taxis on a narrow city street use the sidewalk to squeeze past each other. Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon, and the second largest city in the country after Beirut.
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  • Tripoli, Lebanon - September 8, 2010: Laundry hangs from bullet scarred walls in a residential district in Tripoli, Lebanon.
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  • Beautiful Lebanese landscape; the grove of trees in the distance are the remains of an old growth cedar forest. Photo taken on the road leading from Bcharre and The Cedars to the cedar grove on September 9, 2010.
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  • Cedar trees, part of an old growth forest several kilometers uphill from Bcharre, Lebanon (September 9, 2010).
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  • The Cedars, Lebanon - September 9, 2010: A Lebanese couple holds hands as they walk through a beautiful old grove cedar forest in which some trees are estimated to be 1500 years old. The cedar tree is a symbol of Lebanon.
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  • A Lebanese woman, a Christian cross attached to her bracelet, walks in an old growth grove of cedars near the Lebanese town of Bcharre.
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  • The Cedars, Lebanon - September 9, 2010: A group of five people enjoy the beauty of an old growth cedar grove near the town of Bcharre. Late afternoon sunlight is streaming through the trees, some of which are more than a thousand years old.
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  • Close-up of cedar tree trunk bark in an old growth cedar forest near Bcharre, Lebanon
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  • Bcharre, Lebanon - September 9, 2010: An All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) drives at sunset on a mountain highway above the Qadisha Valley near Bcharre, Lebanon.
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  • The historic and narrow Qadisha Valley in Lebanon. It is home to a large Christian population and several churches and monasteries. One church is visible on the mountain slope in the upper right.
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  • A man walks on a trail and guides a donkey with a load of groceries to be delivered to Our Lady of Qannoubine Monastery in the historic Qadisha Valley, Lebanon
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  • Centuries-old fresco on a wall inside the church at Deir Qannoubin (Qannoubin Monastery), located in the historic Qadisha Valley in Lebanon. From 1440 until the late 1800s, Deir Qannoubin was the seat of the Maronite patriarch.
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  • A wooden cross at the peak of a rocky mountain in Lebanon high above Bcharre. The Bekaa Valley and Syria are in the distance. (September 12, 2010)
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  • Two men, one Lebanese and the other British, hike in the barren mountains high above the Lebanese town of Bcharre.
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  • Bacchus temple, one of the better preserved Roman ruins in the world, in Baalbek, Lebanon. A slice of the modern city of Baalbek is in the background
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  • A man walks toward the main door at the Temple of Bacchus, one of the better preserved Roman ruins in the world, in Baalbek, Lebanon. The mammoth door  is 6.3 meters wide and 12.6 meters high.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 18, 2010: A movie banner from the 2007 film Married Life, starring Pierce Brosnan, Rachel McAdams, Patricia Clarkson, and Chris Cooper, finds a second use as a wall in the Shatila refugee camp, a neighborhood of Beirut that is home to several thousand Palestinians.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 18, 2010: A Palestinian man with a cigarette sits outside his shop in the Shatila refugee camp, home to several thousand Palestinians. Behind him is a picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 18, 2010: A Palestinian woman in Shatila refugee camp, home to several thousand Palestinians.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 18, 2010: A Palestinian woman in Shatila refugee camp, home to several thousand Palestinians.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 18, 2010: A Lebanese man stands outside a shop in the Shatila neighborhood of Beirut, numerous tattoos on his body. The man is a Shia Muslim, and his tattoos include family members and Woody Woodpecker.
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  • People and motorbikes crowd a narrow street in the Sabra and Shatila Refugee Camps in Beirut, Lebanon. Home to Palestinian refugees, the camps became the site of an infamous massacre in 1982. A poster of Yasser Arafat hangs in the distance.
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  • War-damaged apartment building in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in south Beirut, Lebanon. The camp was established for Palestinians in 1949.
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  • War-damaged apartment building in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in south Beirut, Lebanon. The camp was established for Palestinians in 1949.
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  • A fisherman sitting on a post and silhouetted by the sea during sunset in Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 18, 2010: A family together on the Beirut corniche in the early evening. The husband is fishing, the wife is holding a child and lighting a cigarette, and a second child is holding a mobile phone.
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  • At sunset, a fisherman on the Beirut Corniche stands on a post as a speedboat flying a Lebanese flag cruises past.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 22, 2010: A L'Oreal mascara advertisement featuring Eva Longoria is displayed on a corner of popular Hamra Street.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 23, 2010: A Muslim woman walks into the American University of Beirut (AUB), founded in 1866. The educational philosophy, standards, and practices of AUB are based on the American liberal arts model of higher education; it has around 700 instructional faculty and a student body of around 8,000 students. Engraved on the wall to the left of the entrance is this passage drawn from the New Testament: THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 23, 2010: Students walk out an entrance to the American University of Beirut (AUB), which was founded in 1866 and is a private, non-sectarian institution of higher learning. The educational philosophy, standards, and practices of AUB are based on the American liberal arts model of higher education; it has around 700 instructional faculty and a student body of around 8,000 students.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 23, 2010: Cars drive down Hamra Street in the early evening. Across the street is a Starbucks, and in the left of the photo is a sign for RadioShack.
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  • A hookah, or waterpipe, in the old city of Sidon, Lebanon (September 2010).
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  • Sidon, Lebanon - September 24, 2010: Lebanese men in Sidon’s old city
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  • Sidon, Lebanon - September 24, 2010: Children walk in the old city of Sidon, Lebanon
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  • Sidon, Lebanon - September 24, 2010: A woman holds her granddaughter in the old city of Sidon, Lebanon. Pacifier made in Germany.
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  • Sidon, Lebanon - September 24, 2010: A woman holds her granddaughter in the old city of Sidon, Lebanon. Pacifier made in Germany.
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  • Sidon, Lebanon - September 24, 2010: A young man holds the Qur'an inside the 13th-century Bab al-Saray Mosque in Sidon, Lebanon.
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  • Sidon, Lebanon - September 24, 2010: Faces of children, including a beautiful smiling girl, sitting in their neighborhood in the old city of Sidon, Lebanon.
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  • Sidon, Lebanon - September 24, 2010: A boy leaps in front of a camera as neighbors sit outside and visit in the old city of Sidon.
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  • Charbel Bassil, a fixture at the wonderful restaurant called Le Chef, located in the Gemmayzeh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon. The restaurant was established by his father, Francois, in 1967.<br />
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 26, 2010: Two landmark buildings in Beirut. On the right is the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, completed in 2007. On the left is the dilapidated and bullet-scarred City Center Building, sometimes called "the egg" because of its shape. Designed by Lebanese architect Joseph Philippe Karam in the 1960s, it once housed a theater but was heavily damaged during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990).
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 26, 2010: Exterior of the former Holiday Inn (right), heavily damaged in the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90) and now empty. The building beside it is more recent and in use.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - September 26, 2010: Graffiti critical of television on a shuttered shop in Beirut.
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  • Aerial view from airplane window of Beirut, Lebanon, including the port and Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque.
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  • Overcast day at the Place d'Etoile in Beirut, Lebanon. St. George Orthodox Cathedral and, behind it the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque.
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  • Beirut, Lebanon - March 10, 2011: A bird flies past St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon.
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