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Envisioning A Museum Of Memory In Beirut

Beirut is mostly peaceful now, but people are still hesitant to really look back on Lebanon's civil war of the '70s and '80s. One woman is trying to use a bullet-riddled mansion to recall that time.

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Alice Fordham is an NPR International Correspondent based in Beirut, Lebanon.
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