A life’s work shattered: stained glass artist counts cost of Beirut blast

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'I can say that in this blast, 20 years of my professional life was on the ground,' said Maya Husseini, 60, who has worked on historic landmarks including many of Beirut’s churches

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“I can say that in this blast, 20 years of my professional life was on the ground,” said Husseini, 60, who has worked on historic landmarks including many of Beirut’s churches.The Aug. 4 detonation of a massive quantity of explosive chemicals stored unsafely at Beirut port killed at least 178 people, injured some 6,000 and damaged buildings across a swathe of Beirut, carpeting streets in broken glass.

Its windows, which were particularly eye-catching at night when they were illuminated, were blown out by the blast. Husseini learned her craft in France, sent by her father, a church engineer who used to order stained glass from overseas as leaded, stained glass was not common in Beirut prior to the war.

 

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