Iftar at Burger King – Burj-el-Barajneh camp
Sponsors: Omar & Carine, Cynthia, Sarah
It was his eyes that got me. On the bus ride back to the camp from the Burger King feast, while the sky fused a curious purple and yellow, his whole face remained buried in his Eid holiday loot bag -pulling out pencils, bouncy balls, and note-pads -trying to inspect each prize using the dim glow of the ceiling light. I just fixated on his eyes; they were enormous. However, his facial expression was one, ironically, of angst – as if worrying about whether this bag of goodies was really for him. Will anybody take it from him? His eyes exclaimed, “Wow,” but his face expressed, “Please, I hope this is real.” I smiled and knew his anxiety would soon exit. It did. The bag was for him.
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