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Land and People
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
In the plain
I met this man today. He was working his pepper fields in Sahl al Maidaneh (literally: the plain of the minaret) near Kfaroummane, South Lebanon.
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Anonymous said...
very nice photo! :-)
June 9, 2008 at 9:51 AM
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1 comment:
very nice photo! :-)
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