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Lebanon’s only church-bell maker on keeping a 300-year family tradition alive
The Guardian UK
October 12, 2026
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<p>Naffah Naffah makes the bells in the mountains near Beirut. His sons will take over the foundry when he retires</p><p>The story of Lebanon’s last remaining church-bell maker begins with a rifle. In the 18th century, Youssef Gabriel, a local metalworker, was secretly making and e
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