International Reporting Project

Photo Essay III: Evolution of terror

by Julie Goodman, Fall 2004 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS

Rabab Charafeddine speaks from Tyre about the disappearance of her brother, Imam Musa Sadr, in 1978. The popular Shiite cleric, whose image can be seen in the background, left on a business trip to Libya 27 years ago and hasn't been seen since. Photos in this four-part series llustrate the day-to-day lives of Lebanon's citizens.

These students in Tyre, who were born after Imam Musa Sadr's disappearance, are a few of the Lebanese Shiites who believe that Sadr is still alive.

Tyre, a predominately Shiite city in southern Lebanon, is known for its excavated ruins, including its 2nd century U-shaped hippodrome build for chariot racing.

A man sells spices and other good in a Tyre marketplace.

Banana groves line the road between Beirut and Lebanon's southern cities, including Tyre.

Louay Charafeddine, Imam Musa Sadr's nephew, shows some of the books on the cleric's teachings on display at an Arab book fair in Beirut.