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At the Suq, Many Cultures

Creator
Cobb, John Candler, II, 1919-2016
Creation Date
1942/11
Who
WWII driver
When
WWII
Where
Middle East
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Photo: John C. Cobb, courtesy AFS Archives, NY.

Arab Bedouins, British Soldiers, French Engineers, Christian Women, Jewish Tradesmen, Danish missionaries, and many others, all had business in the Suq. They all lived and worked together in relative peace after the War shifted to North Africa.

Location: Baalbek, Lebanon.