Sabra and Shatila

On the 35th Anniversary of Sabra and Shatila: The Forgotten Refugees

September 13, 2017

By Arab America

By Dr. Swee Chai Ang/Contributing Writer This September will be the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre in West Beirut. Three thousand unarmed refugees were killed from 15-18 September 1982. I was then a young orthopedic trainee who had resigned from St Thomas Hospital to join the Christian Aid Lebanon medical team to help those … Continued

Tapestry of Sabra and Shatila massacres could hang next to Picasso’s Guernica

December 27, 2016

By Arab America

Dia al-Azzawi with his drawing, which is being woven into a tapestry by TIM CORNWELL The Art Newspaper A giant tapestry depicting the massacres at Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon in 1982 may go on display alongside Picasso’s Guernica in the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid. Ramzi Dalloul, a Palestinian businessman and collector of Arab art, … Continued

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