Hey folks!
My friend Raf is flying in from London today. He's picked an interesting moment to come to Syria - right when President Bashar has told the Syrian armed forces to increase its readiness. A bit of an ominous development but nevermind, we're not going to let a small thing like an escalating war spoil our fun. We're planning to go on a bit of a Syrian tour, checking out lots of old ruins, Medieval castles, mosques, madrassas and shrines and, inshallah, the Med coast! Therefore I probably won't post much for the next couple of weeks.
In the meantime please check out some of the sites on the left-hand side of the screen to keep abreast of developments.
One article caught my eye today. It's about the friendship that was developing between the editors of Time Out in Beirut and Tel Aviv, and how the war has now caused immense strains between them. However, I still think that there is small cause for optimism in this story, due to the fact that when a young Israeli and a young Lebanese man meet outside the context of conflict they find they have so much in common. It shows that peace and understanding are at least possible (inshallah).
Take care all,
Love,
Dave
1 comment:
vacationing in Syria right now, not what most people would do, but from reading your blog i must say u are not like most people.
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