Libanon - der Midtøsten møter Vesten
Vi hadde lenge snakket om å dra til Libanon, men var usikre på om det var trygt å dra dit. Ved hjelp av mister Google fant vi ut at vi trygt kunne dra bare vi holdt oss unna grenseområdene til Syria og Israel. Jeg ble positivt overrasket og Kahlil Gibran beskriver godt opplevelsen min av dette vakre landet. You have your Lebanon and I have mine. I have my Lebanon with her beauty. You have your Lebanon with all her prejudices and struggles, and I have my Lebanon with all her dreams and securities. Your Lebanon is a political knot, a national dilemma, a place of conflict and deception. My Lebanon, is a place of beauty and dreams of enchanting valleys and splendid mountains. Your Lebanon is inhabited by functionaries, officers, politicians, committees, and factions. My Lebanon is for peasants, shepherds, young boys and girls, parents and poets. Your Lebanon is empty and fleeting, whereas My Lebanon will endure fo...