Before getting all caught up in the headlines over the conflict in Syria, note this from the street: Abu Tony sat on the curb in front of his antique shop recently, drink- ing coffee. There were no custom- ers, but he and his merchant neigh- bors had opened up anyway. He surveyed the shops, which to him symbolized the spirit of the street. “I’m Christian,” he said. “Next door, he is Sunni; the next one is a Shiite” — who, he said, rents his store from the Jewish owner, who left for America but stays in touch. To Abu Tony, the rebels were ex- tremists, alien to Syria. “It’s the land of civilization,” he said. “Christianity went out to the world from this street.”
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:48:30 +0000
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