,It feels odd being close to the fashionable centre of Beirut with its steel and glass towers and expensive shops and restaurants; all the things you would expect in the centre of a modern capital; while just a few miles away are the huge camps of Palestinian and Syrian refugees, and a few miles more across the border the war continues. I remembering thinking this last year but now the feeling seems stronger, perhaps because some of the strangeness and novelty of the place has worn off and there is no longer all the brouhaha of a forthcoming election with the posters, rally and the blue camel fiasco.
Tracey is feeding her absent friend's cats, and the care and attention lavished on stray cats and dogs only emphasises the strangeness of the situation. I have been imagining a scheme where sick and injured children from the war zone are given cat and dog costumes and take on the role of pets. Pets that would in many ways be cheaper and easier - and more fun- to look after. Perhaps I’ll flesh out a business plan and send it off to UNESCO.
Tomrrow at 4am we leave for Jordan
Tracey is feeding her absent friend's cats, and the care and attention lavished on stray cats and dogs only emphasises the strangeness of the situation. I have been imagining a scheme where sick and injured children from the war zone are given cat and dog costumes and take on the role of pets. Pets that would in many ways be cheaper and easier - and more fun- to look after. Perhaps I’ll flesh out a business plan and send it off to UNESCO.
Tomrrow at 4am we leave for Jordan