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French fighters in Lebanon during the Civil War.
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Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow: Fashion, friendship and tragedy

'Sewn and torn' (1/6). Love stories and friendships can sometimes end badly, even in the world of fashion. In the mid-1990s, an almost symbiotic relationship developed between the London-born designer from a working-class background and the broke aristocratic fashion journalist. That bond shattered when McQueen left for Givenchy, marking the end of their closeness – something neither ever truly recovered from.

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The arrival of 72,000 people from Morocco in the Spanish enclave between July 30 and 31 exposed both the cracks and the bonds of solidarity running through this city, where Christians and Muslims have lived side by side for centuries.

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