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Experiencing the Middle East: Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt – part 3
by John Massaro SHEM WAS A frail, unattractive man who worked in the quiet [Syrian] government tourist office on Port Said Boulevard. I asked him if Zebdani, a resort town in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains – just a few miles from the Lebanese border – was worth a visit. He said it definitely was,…
Experiencing the Middle East: Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt – part 2
by John Massaro THERE SEEMED TO BE only one hotel in Baniyas, the Hotel Baniyas. Please, oh God, please have a room, I prayed. They did. I showered, took a nap, woke up, read for an hour and went to the market to buy a melon for tomorrow’s breakfast. Seeing me return with one, the manager brought a knife…
Experiencing the Middle East: Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt – part 1
by John Massaro “NUSAYBIN Hudut Kapisi,” the fresh Turkish exit stamp in my passport read. Straight ahead was El Qamishliye, Syria, a remote, sleepy frontier town near the desolate point where Turkey, Syria and Iraq meet. It was 1984 and I was not feeling confident. What was Syria going…
Generation Nomad: Travellers Without Destination
by Veiko Hessler THE YOUTH of today are quite possibly the most decried and despised generation in history. Millennials are regarded as a selfish, entitled generation who believe in neither country nor God. Despite being, supposedly, the most educated, wealthy, and free human beings to have ever…
Journey to a Politically Incorrect Land
by John Massaro “BOY, you really do like danger, don’t you?” “Better not bring any Bibles with you.” “What are you going there for? They hate us.” I turned a deaf ear to all the nonsense. People whose horizon is no wider than a television screen, who wouldn’t…