Envisioning A Museum Of Memory In Beirut

NPR | By Alice Fordham

Published March 30, 2017 at 5:30 AM EDT

Beirut is mostly peaceful now, but people are still hesitant to really look back on Lebanon's civil war of the '70s and '80s. One woman is trying to use a bullet-riddled mansion to recall that time.

Alice Fordham

Alice Fordham is an NPR International Correspondent based in Beirut, Lebanon.

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