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The Muslim man with a ‘forbidden' job

Ibrahim Shehab and Ahmad MoftahFeatures correspondent
A Syrian sculptor in Lebanon is told his job is forbidden - but why?

Mohammad Lahham is a sculptor in Lebanon who fled the war in Syria five years ago with his wife, two children and his parents.

Now based in a southern suburb of Beirut, he creates sculptures of Christian saints at a roadside studio 40km south of the city.

He says people tell him his job is forbidden – referencing Islamic tradition that discourages depictions of deities in physical form.

But he enjoys the work, saying that breaking taboos can help bring people together.

Video by Ibrahim Shehab. Additional editing by Trevor Sochocki.

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