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Norbert Schiller

Norbert Schiller has been photographing the Middle East and North Africa for three decades and currently serves as the curator for photorientalist.org, dedicated to 19th- and 20th-century photography in those regions. He has worked for the Associated Press and Agence France Press, and has contributed to Der Spiegel, The New York Times, and A Million Steps: Discovering the Lebanon Mountain Trail (2011, Interlink Books).

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Rust and Dreams on the Beirut-Damascus Railroad
History
Built with a third, toothed rail to help it over the mountains, the railroad between the capitals was a world-class engineering feat of the late 19th century. It ran for 80 years, and hopes for its revival may yet be gathering steam.

Norbert Schiller

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Rust and Dreams on the Beirut-Damascus Railroad