Hussein Ghandour moves quickly through the prosthetic workshop at the Nabih Berri Rehabilitation Compound (NBRC) in Sarafand, Lebanon, where he has worked building prostheses and orthoses since 2000. He demonstrates each step in making a prosthetic limb, from casting to the final result. Using only his right hand, Ghandour guides a sander to shave a colorful orthopedic device for a child.
Ghandour, 34, is used to working with only the right side of his body. He stepped on a land mine when he was seven years old and lost the bottom half of his right leg and his right arm. Nonetheless, Ghandour's life is normal. He is married, plays on a soccer team, has a job and recently welcomed his first son, Ali, into the world. For him, life is good.
