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THE YEAR WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED

Summer of 1982: A Lebanese tragedy in five acts

To understand what 1982 is about, we must revisit the different memories it held. If 1982 is a message, it is not the same for everyone. The readings of the events that took place during that year’s summer varied from Sassine Street to the refugee camps, from the barricaded embassies to the religious seminaries frequented by Shiite youth.

Summer of 1982: A Lebanese tragedy in five acts

June 24, 1982: In the southern suburbs, hard hit by Israeli bombing, a father flees with his two young children. (OLJ Archives)

On June 6, 1982, Israeli forces invaded South Lebanon in order to push the Palestinians 40 km beyond the border. That summer, the Lebanese people, already used to the horrors of the war that had been raging in their country for seven years, would...
On June 6, 1982, Israeli forces invaded South Lebanon in order to push the Palestinians 40 km beyond the border. That summer, the Lebanese people, already used to the horrors of the war that had been raging in their country for seven years, would...