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Karimeh Abbud
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Karimeh Abbud
كريمة عبود1893–1940
Born in Bethlehem in 1893, the daughter of a Lutheran pastor, she studied Arabic literature at the American University of Beirut and began taking photographs in 1913, when her father gave her a camera, photographing Bethlehem, Tiberias, Nazareth, Haifa and Caesarea. In the 1920s she opened a studio in her home in Bethlehem, photographing women, children and weddings, and in the 1930s became a professional known for colouring her prints. She died in Bethlehem on 27 April 1940.
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PersonKarimeh Abbud was born in PlaceBethlehem
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