Lebanon's Last Glass Blower Gets Boost

The Wall Street Journal

With the oven ablaze melting shattered glass in the workshop and the nearby store abuzz with curious customers, it is hard to imagine that just a few months ago Lebanon’s last glass blower was about to close shop for good.

On a rainy Saturday afternoon the shop in the southern coast town of Sarafand was filled with admiring customers asking about the craftsmanship of the glass items at Khalife Brothers. The owner, Hussein Khalife, gladly shows them the ultra-high temperature oven where he and his family melt the glass, shape it into a ball, and then blow through a long tube to make items in various forms and colors. The craftsmen bask in the attention of customers who are there as much for the purchase as they are for the experience watching the process of glassblowing from start to finish.

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