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Snapshot: The Sacrifice

Snapshot: The Sacrifice

By Bassam Khabieh

October 7, 2014

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October 7, 2014
Snapshot-The-Sacrifice

Muslims around the world celebrated Islam’s biggest holiday, Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorating the story of Ibrahim and his son Ismail (in the Old Testament, Abraham and Isaac). Here, a boy stands in front of the bullet-riddled facade of a mosque in Damascus, Syria. The war consuming the nation is well into its third year.

Bassam Khabieh


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