Arne Sorenson Arne Sorenson

5. The people of Beirut: Lebanon: I spent much of the summer of 1979 in Beirut, a place that had suffered through years of war and showed all the scars of continuing conflict. In the midst of that, they showed me a welcome and a zest for life which was proof of the possibility of humour and pleasure even in very difficult circumstances.

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