les moines du monastère notre-dame de l'atlas - kasbah myriem
three of the four monks from the Monastery at Midelt, Morocco. Amédée on the left and Jean-Pierre on the right are the only survivors of the massacre at Tibhirine in Algeria in 1996 - subject of Xavier Beauvois' Cannes 2010 Grand Prix-winning film "Des Hommes et des Dieux" (Of Gods and Men). More info on Tibhirine can be read here (in French).
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Taken on May 12, 2007