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The 'Disappeared' of Lebanon

Thousands of people went missing during Lebanon's brutal civil war. But in 1982 a group of women started an organisation to try to track down their family members.

Thousands of people went missing during Lebanon's long and brutal civil war. But in 1982 a group of women started an organisation to try to track down their family members. Nidale Abou Mrad has been speaking to Wadad Halawani whose husband was taken from their home by two gunmen and never came back.

Photo: West Beirut under shellfire in 1982.(Credit:Domnique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)

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Thu 16 Nov 2017 08:50GMT
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