Rebuilding Destroyed Cities

Rebuilding Destroyed Cities: Beirut, 1975-90
Nabil Ismai / AFP / Getty

Beirut, 1975-90
It is estimated that during the 15-year civil war that ravaged Lebanon, 100,000 people were killed and another 100,000 critically wounded. Much of the infrastructure of Beirut, the capital city, was destroyed in the fighting, its city streets lined with countless scarred and hollowed buildings.

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