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The Local Option - Sounds of Beirut

Series: The Local Option - Features
From: WMPG
Length: 00:07:00

Rayya Haddad talks about life in Beirut during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

Listeners will hear twenty-five-year-old, professional photographer, Rayya Haddad, talk about life in Beirut during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict in this portrait of civilian life during wartime. Haddad's family left Beirut during the civil war and only recently returned.