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Mar 2023
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Reconstruire le travail d'une vie (Rebui...

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In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re revisiting a story by Maya Husseini, a stained-glass artist who spent her career rebuilding churches in her hometown of Beirut. But after a devastating warehouse explosion in August 2020, she was faced with a question: could she help rebuild Beirut? Stick around until the end to hear what Maya has been up to since this episode first aired.

A transcript of this episode is available at http://bit.ly/3FHIRWG.

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