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Rebuilding Beirut to preserve its heritage

Architects and NGOs are deploying efforts to restore the traditional buildings of Beirut that were heavily damaged in the devastating explosion that rocked the capital Aug. 4.
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The explosion at Beirut’s port on Aug. 4 killed nearly 200 people and injured some 6,500. It also left around 300,000 people displaced as their houses were heavily damaged or completely destroyed.

Among the neighborhoods hit by the blast, Mar Mikhael, Gemmayzeh, Karantina and Downtown Beirut are the most heavily damaged.

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