Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Middle East

Palestinian refugees, who fled the besieged camp of Nahr al-Bared, take refuge in a classroom in a school in the Beddawi refugee camp outside of Tripoli, Lebanon. One year ago, Lebanon found itself in the middle of a war between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah after Hezbollah fighters crossed the border and seized two Israeli soldiers. Although the war's catastrophic damage drew Lebanese together, they quickly turned on one another politically. Killings, bombings and political protests have become routine. June 2007.
Palestinian refugees, who fled the besieged camp of Nahr al-Bared, take refuge in a classroom in a school in the Beddawi refugee camp outside of Tripoli, Lebanon. One year ago, Lebanon found itself in the middle of a war between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah after Hezbollah fighters crossed the border and seized two Israeli soldiers. Although the war's catastrophic damage drew Lebanese together, they quickly turned on one another politically. Killings, bombings and political protests have become routine. June 2007.