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War. Despoliation. Vandalism. Looting. Climate Change. Negligence.
These are some of the causes for the deterioration of Lebanon's rich heritage that are in a very real danger of fading.
“When you steal a nation’s cultural heritage, you are stealing its memory, its history and its identity,” said Abir Taha Audi, Lebanon’s consul general.
Lebanon’s consul general in New York, Abir Taha Audi, said in an interview that the theft of cultural objects like the mosaics had been “a plague” on her nation since its civil war years, from 1975 to 1990.
