#Lebanon: Children Labor at #Beirut Graveyards
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The boys do not squander any chance to hold on to any semblance of childhood as they play between the graves. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) The boys do not squander any chance to hold on to any semblance of childhood as they play between the graves. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)
Al-Akhbar met the children at the two neighboring Beirut cemeteries of al-Shuhada and al-Shahidain. As soon as the children spot someone walking toward a grave, they approach and offer condolences. One child holding a bucket of water stands next to the family of the deceased, then, just as the family does, lifts his hands to the sky. He asks: “May God rest his soul, do you want me to clean the grave?”
Fatima Shoukeir (...)
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