These fantastic photographs were taken by Mr. Sameer Hassan on his visits to Lebanon in the early 1970s with his wife Juliette. Copyright Sameer Hassan. I am very grateful to his niece, Mrs. Sarah Woodhead for kindly sharing these photos with us. Her grandparents, Selman Hassan and Mary Daoud, emigrated from Mlikh in the 1920s. Hopefully these photos would inspire you to send yours to share. They are also posted on Facebook and if you can help identify the people or places in the photos, please email names, descriptions or stories to mlikh@yahoo.com or add comments or tag the photos on Facebook.

From left: Sa3oud, Salimeh, Khaled Abo Milhim, Mounir Abo Milhim, Juliette Hassan, Mohammad Hassan	On the road outside the Hassan el Hajj's house. From left: Khaled Abo Milhim, Sameer Hassan, Mohammad Hassan, Mounir Abo Milhim	On the road outside the Hassan el Hajj's house. From left: Khaled Abo Milhim, Juliette Hassan, Mohammad Hassan, Mounir Abo Milhim
Making Mar2ou2 village bread	Hadla making mar2ou2 village bread. Notice the man with the bunch of "zinzalakht"	Hadla making mar2ou2 village bread. Notice Bou Ne3men with the bunch of "zinzalakht"
Juliette Hassan, Mohammad Hassan and wife	Hassan el Hajj, (2nd from left) outside his house. Manehel is the first from right	Bader, third from right and her daughter, Hanieh, first from the right
Abou Salim, most probably Sameer Hassan the photographer's father	Melanie Massoud AbouZeid Shaker riding the donkey with her grand son. From right: Ahlam Daoud, niece of Jamil el Hajj; then Souad Said Naim. The place is the Nahr region and in the background is the road going up to Main Square	Ali Naim making a broom
Mohammad Hassan, carrying freshly made mar2ou2 bread at the Mokaddim house at the lower road around spring time	Front row: Sa3oud, Georgette, Saideh, Tony, Elias, Siham. Back row: Farideh, Youssef and his father the Mayor with his wife on right side. Behind them is Ali Naim. Second from right is Abou Salim, most probably Sameer Hassan the photographer's father	Third from left is Manar, fifth is Sameer Hassan; sixth is Jamil el Hajj
Outside the village school. Front row: fourth from left: Boutros Maroun. Sixth is Rashid Sleiman Fendi. Second from left is Rita, daughter of Hanna N2oula Matta. Her sister Antoinette with the red cap. Between and behind them is Anis Iskandar AbouZeid	Im Nash2at hanging the washing and Nasab at the "Nahr" area	Said Abou Melhim"s wife (mother of Ghassan the teacher) and her mom and Sameer's wife, Juliette, taken at Said's house
From left: Hassan Mahmoud Deeb, sister of Jamil el Hajj and her daughter (first from right). Second from right is Zeinab, Ali Sh3a3's sister	Jamil el Hajj's sister; her sister in law (from Rihan) and daughter Ahlam	Manehel outside Hassan el Hajj's house
First from left: Sameer Hassan the photographer	Third from left: Mohammad Mustafa (Abou In3am) and his mother to his left	Bou Joudet at the bottom of the quite steep "el Darajeh" road. Notice in the top left of the photo the "3ain" where people filled up with water
Milhim Nassif AbouZeid (Abou Deeb)	Second from left: Juliette Hassan, third is Mohammad Hassan, fourth is Bou Ne3men, sixth is Manehel and seventh is Youssef	Ibrahim Taleb (Abou Taleb)
Photographer, Sameer Hassan, Jameel el Hajj Daoud, his wife Salha and their house keeper Wardeh in Jameel's old house	Ousama and Dalal	Mariam Habib AbouZeid, Zakiya Semaan, Ibrahim Semaan (Abou Semaan) outside the "2abo" house. "Haleesheh" on the donkey suggests April-May time
In the main square outside one of the shops. Notice the bottles of Jalloul drink		Nashaat (bottom), third place Jamal, fourth Khodor Nemer Taleb
Farideh (wife of Diab Boutros), her daughter Siham and Farideh Bshara N2oula Matta	On the right is Juliette Hassan, the photographer's wife	Outside the village school showing the staff and some pupils. From the right: Mhanna Matta, Mahmoud Saadiyeh, Ghassan Said (Teacher), Said Salemeh (Headmaster). The other four teachers are from Jezzine
Some pupils outside the village school	Some pupils outside the village school	Most probably not in Mlikh
Bshara N2oula Matta's sheep and donkey on the "Darajeh" road. The "2abo" house in the background	From the left: Sameer Hassan the photographer, Hassan el Hajj and his wife; in the middle of an apple orchard	Salim Nassif AbouZeid, Salwa AbouZeid, Juliette Hassan
Daughter of Ali el Hajj and Juliette Hassan	From left: Manar, her husband Salim Al Mokaddim and Im Bashir	A view down the "Darajeh" road
		The plough (el Sikki)
Salha, wife of Jamil Ahmed. At the end of mar2ou2 bread-making, mna2ish zaatar, as seen, were made	Beast of burden and mode of transport in one	Members of the Hassan el Hajj's family including: Hadia, Hala, Thaer, Daad, Bassel, Bashir, Amal, Hind and husband Raef
Ploughing the land in an apple orchard using traditional methods	Ploughing the land in an apple orchard using traditional methods	Ploughing the land in an apple orchard using traditional methods
Mohammad Mustafa is ploughing the land in an apple orchard using traditional methods and Hani is digging out any weeds	An apple orchard. Jabal Safi mountain appears in the background	Second from right is Juliette Hassan, first from left is Hassan el Hajj and members of his family
Bou Joudet near the bottom of the "el Darajeh" road. It is quite steep and notice in the top left of the photo the "3ain" where people filled up with water	Hassan el Hajj (Abou Bashir) at an apple orchard. Jabal Safi mountain appears in the background	Melanie Massoud AbouZeid Shaker riding the donkey with her grand son. The place is the Nahr region and in the background is the road going up to Main Square
Melanie Massoud AbouZeid Shaker and her husband Costantine Shaker. The place is the Nahr region and in the background is the road going up to Main Square. To the right is a "3ein" where cows and donkeys have stopped to drink and rest	Probably taken from Bou Joudet's roof, the large oak tree above Ghantous's house shows in the background with the "el Kaseyer" in the far distance	Iskandar AbouZeid ploughing the land using traditional methods
Ali Hammoud (Sh3a3) who also was the village's Council policeman. The photo was taken near the "Nahr" area		Maroun Youssef Matta's house with the tiled roof on the left, Salim Mansour AbouZeid's shop and cafe in the middle and the Church on the right (the bell tower getting rebuilt). In the far distance are the Christians' burial places
On the road near the Church. In the far distance are river-side terraces	Ploughing the land in an apple orchard using traditional methods is probably Diab Boutros	The vineyard of "Dibeh" at the beginning of Arid el Shumar from the South side
Woman carrying "haleesheh" and Juliette Hassan. Houses in the background are near the main square	Im Taha, her son Taha and Nasab