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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Justin Salhani

As Israel strikes all around it, fear rises in Lebanon’s Sidon

Zainab Hamadeh is unhappy with the consecutive crises Lebanon is weathering and worried about the encroaching war [Rita Kabalan/Al Jazeera]

Sidon, Lebanon – Sitting outside his carpentry shop in Sidon’s Old Souk, a short walk from the Mediterranean Sea, Marwan smiles as he watches a video playing on his phone.

“That’s me,” he says, pointing to a drummer dressed all in white as part of a crew performing a zaffeh – a traditional Lebanese wedding performance by a troupe playing music and dancing, usually as the groom first sees his bride.

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