Yesterday, clashes at the entrance of one of the refugee camps where I’ve helped teach yoga and received acupuncture killed 1 person and injured several others. The clashes were quickly “contained”, and both sides involved are claiming that it was an isolated incident.
Unfortunately, isolated or not, with the U.S. having ordered its non-essential personnel to leave Beirut, now is probably not the time for me to return to the refugee camp for any kind of work or treatment. The night of the last bombings (in Tripoli), when my friend and I took a midnight motorcycle ride around Beirut, the streets of the refugee camps were deserted and quiet–and my friend who works there told me they continue to be. With so many tensions bubbling to the surface in Beirut, one has to wonder for how long it can all be “contained.” Lebanon deserves much more credit for keeping it contained this long…
