Please Pray for Latakia

My mother's family in Latakia continues to endure the daily terror of the Assad regime. A few days ago, the Syrian navy shelled this city. I have no idea how my family there is doing. In the meantime, please join me in praying for them and their fellow country folks' safety. Maybe even contemplate calling your representatives and find out the US government's strategy, policy and position on responding to the regime's reprehensible violent response to demonstrators and protesters. Below are photos of the seaside city I took almost a year ago to date as my siblings, mother and I visited her family in Latakia.













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Obama on a "Debt Limit" in 2006

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”

- Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006

Lovely

Surprise sunflowers in summer...Gentlemen still do exist.




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Location:NYC

Visual History on Atlantic Avenue

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Location:Pacific St,,États-Unis

Hard to leave

So far, one of my most favorite corniches in the 'Arab world'...literally a five minute walk from my uncle's home.






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Location:Beirut, Lebanon

And so it remains

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Location:نيكولا ربيز,,Liban

Drool...

At Diwan Heliopolis in Cairo