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Villages 700 years old destroyed to 'uproot people' from their history
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- Reverend Elia Kamel stands on the rubble of St George Melkite Catholic Church in Dardaghiya, southern Lebanon, damaged during the war in Lebanon in 2024.
- The former journalist turned heritage activist lives in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, which last week faced its 100th day of war between Lebanese militant group and political party Hezbollah and Israel.
- After the two-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2024, Biladi started documenting the destruction of traditional villages, up to 700 years old, in southern Lebanon, close to its border with Israel.
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Reverend Elia Kamel stands on the rubble of St George Melkite Catholic Church in Dardaghiya, southern Lebanon, damaged during the war in Lebanon in 2024. (Reuters: Aziz Taher)
Link copied Share Share article Joanne Bajjaly lives in a city she describes as "split" by war, where some areas have been targeted by extreme bombing.
The former journalist turned heritage activist lives in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, which last week faced its 100th day of war between Lebanese militant group and political party Hezbollah and Israel. She is concerned with how war can erase a country's cultural history.
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