Apparently Facebook and a bunch of other websites were used by political opponents for something or other, so a bunch of sites are blocked here in Damascus.  At least from what I hear it’s not as bad as China.  I can’t write a lot because I’m way behind on actual work, and since this is a work trip I guess I should be doing that!  Lebanon was beautiful, and Syria is beautiful too in its own desert-y way.  I’ve been meeting some amazing people who are working to make the lives of Iraqi refugees and other marginalized people a little easier – I’ll make sure to post links to some blogging I’m doing for work when those posts go live.  And even though I wouldn’t walk around wearing an American flag shirt here, people have been surprisingly gracious to us given current events.