Hashem El Madani (1928 – 8 August 2017) was a Lebanese photographer. During his 50-year career he produced over 75,000 images and photographed 90% of Sidon's inhabitants.
Early life Madani was born in Sidon to a Saudi father from Madina, who was sent to Sidon as a representative of the Islamic Awqaf and his mother was Lebanese from Sidon. Madani opened his photography studio, Studio Shehrazade, in 1953.
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