Photo by Emily O'Dell
With my internet down this week-end, I decided to head to the hills for a lovely week-end retreat. Swerving through bustling quaint towns–perched on steep hills–I was grateful to take an unexpected tour of civil war history…
Photo by Emily O'Dell
Since the landscape of religious affiliations changes so rapidly while zooming from town to town (from Mary statues to Hezbollah flags), it wasn’t easy to remember which towns were predominantly Sunni, Shia, Druze or Christian in the war. While trying to absorb the complicated political–and picturesque–landscape, we encountered a number of surprises along the way–like this sculpture garden on both sides of the road…
Photo by Emily O'Dell
Because my research focuses on issues related to heritage in times of conflict and post-conflict, I was, naturally, most drawn to decaying houses still bearing the structural scars of war…
Photo by Emily O'Dell
…a ghosting presence which is found among luxurious houses that have been restored…
Photo by Emily O'Dell
From ancient history to history in the making, a day out in Lebanon always seems to promise some new lesson, fact, or reality–which challenges one’s preconceptions, and satisfies the curiosity of even the most curious…
