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Beirut Rising, Beirut, Lebanon, 1997

"A seaside workout on his Arabian mount is as invigorating as Beirut's recovering skyline for riding teacher Naji Rachid, at left. 'Everything is new and exciting,' says Rachid of this city with a historic passion for horses and gambling. Today's gamble: Will peace last?"

—From "Beirut Rising," September 1997, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by Ed Kashi