Scenes From Lebanon

After thirteen years, a native son returns to Lebanon and his family's olive grove to work the harvest and receive its offerings: a bittersweet feast. While photographing the story, we documented the family reunion as well as the olive harvest.
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Lebanon Olive Mill — A worker pouring olives into a mill in Sidon, Lebanon.

Olive Jar — The author's mother, Isabelle, with a freshly packed jar of brined olives in her kitchen in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

Spice Grinder — A spice grinder in Sidon, Lebanon, grinds coarse, sundried thyme for making za'atar; a blend of thyme sumac, oregano, sesame, hyssop, and other spices.

Rinsing Olives — The author's mother, Isabelle, rinses olives for brining.

Olive Harvest — Syrian workers and the author's father pick olives from the treetops in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

Stuffing Eggplant — Author Fouad Kassab (left) and his mother, Isabelle, prepare batenjen mehchi, Lebanese lamb-stuffed eggplant.

Lebanon Countryside — The pine-forested hills in Jezzine, Lebanon, near author Fouad Kassab's parents' home in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

Family Feast — Family and friends gather for a harvest lunch at the author's parents' home in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

Scenes From Lebanon

After thirteen years, a native son returns to Lebanon and his family's olive grove to work the harvest and receive its offerings: a bittersweet feast. While photographing the story, we documented the family reunion as well as the olive harvest.
Read the story of this homecoming »

Lebanon Olive Mill — A worker pouring olives into a mill in Sidon, Lebanon.

Olive Jar — The author's mother, Isabelle, with a freshly packed jar of brined olives in her kitchen in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

Spice Grinder — A spice grinder in Sidon, Lebanon, grinds coarse, sundried thyme for making za'atar; a blend of thyme sumac, oregano, sesame, hyssop, and other spices.

Rinsing Olives — The author's mother, Isabelle, rinses olives for brining.

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Olive Harvest — Syrian workers and the author's father pick olives from the treetops in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

Stuffing Eggplant — Author Fouad Kassab (left) and his mother, Isabelle, prepare batenjen mehchi, Lebanese lamb-stuffed eggplant.

Lebanon Countryside — The pine-forested hills in Jezzine, Lebanon, near author Fouad Kassab's parents' home in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

Family Feast — Family and friends gather for a harvest lunch at the author's parents' home in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

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