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Before and After: Historical Sites Affected by War in the Middle East

Dina HashishBy Dina HashishJune 17, 2015Updated:June 17, 20152 Mins Read
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The main effect of the constant violence we witness daily on the news has on us is numbness. What started with tears, heartaches and angry rants against the world, ended up with detachment from reality to tolerate the horrific state the whole Middle East has reached.

A great man once said, “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent”~ Mahatma Gandhi. Maybe it’s time everyone starts observing and listening.

Besides the appalling number of lost lives throughout the years, here are some of the few consequences war and violence had on our culture.

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Yemen

 

Sana’a city

 

 

Iraq

 

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The Mosul Museum

 

 

 

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Al Askari Mosque

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Ma’loula town

 

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Al-Madina Souq

 

 

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Homs

 

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Umayyad Mosque

 

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Deir Ezzor bridge

 

 

Libya

 

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Sidi Abd El-Salam Al-Asmar shrine

 

 

Egypt

 

Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo

 

 

Palestine

 

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Al Omari Mosque, Gaza

 

 

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A wheelchair is seen as Palestinians stand atop the ruins of the headquarters of El-Wafa rehabilitation hospital, which witnesses said was destroyed during a seven-week Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Files
Al Wafaa Hospital

 

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Dina is an orthodontist with a passion for writing and blogging that surpasses the joy of straightening teeth. Her book blog “Closet nerd book club” promotes the work of young aspiring Egyptian authors. Her life’s guilty pleasure is tacky reality TV shows and the two addictions that have taken over her life are Game of Thrones and Perez Hilton.

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