Take a journey through Lebanon’s history with these compelling images captured by photojournalists between 1975 and 1990.
Agop Abousefian and Angela Avetisian pose on their wedding day in front of their house in East Beirut – September 17, 1989.
A militiaman plays “Trick-Track” with a child among ruins and debris in the Dora area – February 13, 1990.
Muslim soldiers of the Lebanese Army set up a Christmas tree on the Green Line (dividing East and West Beirut) to celebrate Christmas with their fellow Christian soldiers – December 23, 1987.
Picture dated 1990 shows a street vendor in downtown Beirut selling posters of the same place in the late 60s.
Aerial view of the United States embassy in Beirut, after a bomb destroyed part of the building. The entire front center section of the building collapsed from the blast – April 18, 1983.
The Lebanese Army soldiers surround the burned stabilizer of the Middle East Airlines (MEA) aircraft which was hit by rockets during a heavy shelling on the Beirut airport – January 8, 1987.
Rescuers search for victims, 15 minutes after a car, packed with an estimated 250 kilograms of TNT exploded in a crowded street of the southern Bir al-Abed neighborhood – March 8, 1985.
A nurse inspects a damaged room in Hôtel Dieu hospital, in the Ashrafieh neighborhood in East Beirut – February 26, 1990.
Lebanese soldiers walk behind the wreckage of a car in the streets of Furn el Chebbak neighborhood – February 16, 1990.
