Beirut in the Space Age

The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, from 1971 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Yasser Arafat, Mother Teresa and Kofi Annan.

Ariel Sharon
in 1982
1 moment here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Jacques Chirac
in 2002
1 moment here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Kofi Annan
in 2006
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Mother Teresa
in 1982
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Saddam Hussein
in 1971
1 moment here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Yasser Arafat
from 1978 to 1982
2 moments here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Zaha Hadid
in 2014
1 moment here
Iraqi-British architect, artist, and designer known for experimental, fluid architectural forms.…