Sundry

• Wild hollyhocks 6 feet tall in lavender and white, all along the sea in Beirut

• Someone reading a book of poems by a Palestinian author. It was published under the name of a Lebanese, because Palestinians in Lebanon are not allowed to own poetry—even words, apparently.

• A billboard: Gold Egoiste (cologne for men), with guy in suit

• Attending an education meeting in a school Beddawi Refugee Camp. 21 people, 14 of whom women, 7 scarved. No black or white board in the classroom--what do teachers write on? Nothing at all on the walls--no pictures, posters, words. I later hear they have money--why not buy things?? Schools here still operate on double shifts, despite opening of three new prefab schools, (= metal = HOT in summer!!).