Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The story behind the World Press Photo of the Year 2006











Well ZEE, imagine my surprise when I was trolling for something to post and lo and behold, I saw this picture that you had posted before. This time though, it comes with a complete background story (which I am sure you did not know about:
The World Press Photo of the Year 2006 shows upscale young Lebanese men and women visiting a bombed-out Beirut neighborhood like disaster tourists -- or at least that's what everyone thought. Bissan Maroun, one of those featured in the photograph, told SPIEGEL ONLINE the true story.

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