BEIRUT — Wissam Shaabi didn’t want to leave.
As the conflict in Syria spilled into Damascus this year, the artist regularly went to his studio and kept painting.
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BEIRUT — Wissam Shaabi didn’t want to leave.
As the conflict in Syria spilled into Damascus this year, the artist regularly went to his studio and kept painting.
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