A life’s work shattered: stained glass artist counts cost of Beirut blast

'I can say that in this blast, 20 years of my professional life was on the ground,' says Husseini, who has worked on historic landmarks including many of Beirut's churches. Photo: Reuters

Two decades of Maya Husseini's work to restore stained glass windows destroyed in the Lebanese civil war was lost in an instant in the seismic port explosion in Beirut.

"I can say that in this blast, 20 years of my professional life was on the ground," said Husseini, 60, who has worked on historic landmarks including many of Beirut's churches.