Ainab and the American Community in Lebanon

This blog was started by Joshua Landis in 2015 to commemorate the American community in Lebanon and particularly of Ainab. He grew up in this hilltop community that was started in 1932-33 by five American University of Beirut families: the Dodd, Close, Leavitt, Kerr, and Crawford families. Later families included: Landis, Crow, Dodge, Eddy, Scott, Gordon and Kennedy. Other families who summered in Shemlan, just below Ainab, include: Dorman, Stoltzfus, Smith, Van Dyck.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

1977 after a fire

1977, May. Former Kerr property. Ted Kennedy looking at the result of a forest fire. I am not sure if this was the cause of the disappearance of the big cabin, whose foundation is visible, or if that occurred when the house was occupied by militias (PPS and/or Fateh) during the first phase of the civil war (1975-9176).

Ainab and the American Community in Lebanon

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Saturday, September 26, 2015

1977 after a fire

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