Lebanon Shot Twice: Then And Now
Lebanon Shot Twice is a photo series showing heartbreaking photos during the war and now. It shows how even though a huge part of us dies with the war, life just keeps on going. The photo series was made into a photography book and exhibition by Zaveb Kouyoumdjian and Hayat Karanouh.
The photos were taken from an album by Hummus For Thought and more stories can be found on the Bint Jbeil Website. The book is available online and contains 100 stories and 240 photos
Top: August 8, 2002. Tarik El Jdideh. Samira Bou Chnak with her two children, Khaled and Farah.
Bottom: August 8, 1986. Tarik El Jdideh. Samira Bou Chnak searching for her two children following a car explosion.
Left: August 8, 1989, Zalka. Joumana Azar at the funeral of her two daughters, Ruba and Maya.
Right: August 8, 2002, Ain Aar. Joumana Azar with her husband Nabil and their two sons, Rida and Raja.
Top: September 16, 2002, Sabra and Chatila Camp. Bottom: September 16, 1982, Sabra and Chatila Camp following the massacre.
Right: November 9, 2002. AUB College Hall.
Left: November 9,1991. Car explosion in front of College Hall Building, AUB. Photo:
Top: February 15, 2002, Dmeet. Karam Zahreddine, Said Nasr and Toufik Zahreddine.
Bottom: February 15, 1984, Baysour during the Mountain War. Karam Zahreddine, Said Nasr and Toufik Zahreddine (Progressive Socialist Party) after having taken control of the town.
Left: November 7, 2012, Brussels. Suha BEchara reminisces about her 10 years in captivity at an international women’s Conference.
Right: 1988. A campaign to liberate Suha Bechara, detained in the Israeli “Khiyam” camp.
Walid Jumblatt, December 1, 2002 and 1982 following an assassination attempt.
Abed Joumaa and Areej Estephan, June 1983 and 2002 in Achrafieh.
Story: “As for Areej, two days before her wedding, the shopowner where she had rented her wedding gown from asked her if she would pose for a German magazine, preparing an article on the Lebanese daily life during the war. The bride and groom had no idea then that this photo would become a symbol of the Lebanese love for life against all war tragedies”. Lebanon Shot Twice, 3rd edition.
Top: September 23, 2002, Dekwaneh. Milad Antonios (in a wheelchair) and Claude Khoury.
Bottom: 1982, Ehmez. Milad Antonios and Claude Khoury (Lebanese Forces) with comrades in a training sessionson armored vehicles.
Left: December 15, 2002, Kfarheem. Kamal Ghannam and wife Salha.
Right: December 15, 1983, Kfarheem. Kamal Ghannam during the Mountain War.
Left: November 17,2002, Chiah. Mohammed El Sayegh and his sister Malak.
Right: November 17, 1990, Chiah. Mohameed El Sayegh and his sister Malak on the balcony, listening to the news of the nearby demarcation line being wiped out.
Left: November 10, 1977. Ezzieh. Abdul Rahman Khalaf weeps over the body of his son Khaled.
Right: November 10, 2002, Akabieh. Abdul Rahman Khalaf and his wife.
Top: June 5, 2002, Sports City.
Bottom: June 15, 1982, Sport City. Israeli Invasion. 36 killed, 233 wounded.
Top: July 13, 2002, Sabra and Chatila camp. Khadijeh El Khatib, Amal El Shwey and Maha Hamana.
Bottom: July 13, 1983, Sabra and Chatila camp. Khadijeh El Khatib, Amar El Shwey and Maha Hamana praying over massacre victims at the cemetery during the Fitr holiday.
Left: February 15, 1986, Sodeco. Demarcation line.
Right: February 15, 2002. Sodeco. Najib Shbaro going to this shop.
Top: February, 2002, Sin El Fil. President Amin Gemayel.
Bottom: February 1978, Phalangist Party Headquarters. President Amin and Bashir Gemayel following clashes between the Syrian Strike Forces and the Lebanese Army in Fayadieh.
Left: Asmahan Mrad and her son, Joe, waiting for the school bus, May 12, 2002.
Right: Asmahan Mrad, her son and a gunman taking refuge from a sniper, February 12 1990.
Top: 2002, Southern suburbs of Beirut. Nawal Barakat and her children.
Bottom: Southern suburbs of Beirut. Nawal Barakat.
Top: Ali Rida from the Amal Movement with his son Hassan on the demarcation line.
Bottom: September 10, 1989 and September 10, 2002.
Left: July 1, 2002, Sanayeh. Abdul Rauf Salam.
Right: July 1, 1988, Hamra. The Red Cross Medic, Abdul Rauf Salam following a car explosion with 34 people injured.
Left: 1984, Keserwan. Saoud Abu Shibl and Tony Khalil (Lebanese Forces) in a training camp.
Right: 2002, Keserwan. Saoud Abu Shibl, employee of the Secular Mutual Fund, on his balcony. Tony Khalil was killed during the Aoun-Geagea war.
Left: July 28, 1993 Jamal Abdel hospital. Khadijeh Tahinah and her daughter Sarah, following Israeli aggression.
Right: July 28, 2002, Aiteet Village. Khadijeh Tahinah and her daughter Sarah.
Left: October 10, 1975, Karantina. Zakaria Amcheh, age 8, in one of the first massacres of the Lebanese war where 270 people were killed.
Right: October 10, 2002, Karantina. Zakaria Amcheh at the location of the massacre.
Left: July 22, 2002, Beirut, Zarifeh Haddad with her nephew Georges Milkeh.
Right: July 22, 1989, Beirut. Zarifeh Haddad mourns her nephew.
Left: April 28, 2002, Baabdat. Christine Labaki.
Right: April 28, 1990, Klaiat. Christine Labaki inspects the damage in her home.
Left: August 13, 2002, Dora. Marwan Shamsham.
Right: Feb 13, 1990. Dora. Marwan Shamsham plays backgammon with Tony Akl.
Left: June 5, q982, Sports City during the Israeli invasion. 36 killed, 233 wounded.
Right: June 5, 2002, Sports City.
Left: May 15, 2009, Unesco intersection. Ali Hussein Hashem and his cousin Yehya.
Right: March 14,1989, Unesco intersection. Hussein Hashem.
Left: September 29, 1982, Beirut International Airport.
Right: May 29, 2009. What is left of the old airport.
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