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

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.

 

 

Yemen

 

 

 

Iraq

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libya

 

 

 

Egypt

 

 

 

Palestine

 

 

 

 

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