Books we are reading

A more of a relaxed time today, after we managed to sort out our trip to Amman (we have been told that we will be able to transit through Syria, without a new visa, which is not obtainable in Lebanon, which is good news, not the least because it saves us USD 200 on airfares and a taxi ride to the airport) and we also managed to get our booster jab for Hepatitis B. The people at teh American University hospital wouldn't do it, being typically American and fussing about medical insurance and all that. So we walked across the road to the Az Azzam Medical Centre where a kind doctor Serge agreed to arrange everything for us and all we needed to pay were there prescription charges for the drugs.

So, we spent the afternoon reading.

Fred is reading a couple of Amin Ma'alouf books - The Gardens of Light and The Rock of Tanios.
and I am still reading From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple and Islam - Faith and History by the blind Lebanese writer Mahmoud Ayoub. All books contributing to our understanding of what we are seeing here in Lebanon and the Middle East in general. I will read The Prophet by Kalil Gilbran once I can get my hands on a decent copy.