Beirut—Palestine Train

0095ba00579. Photographed by Antranik Bakerdjian. Palestine. – 2.4 x 3.6 cm. 0095ba – Bakerdjian Collection. Courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation.

Like arteries that carry blood from one organ to another, ensuring a functioning body—a beating heart, breathing lungs, a cleansing liver—trains represent flow, connection, industry. They are symbols of vitality, coursing through the landscape of a region.