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Letters to Lebanon: A letter from the back seat of the car

‘Letters to Lebanon’ is a collection of personal essays, written by writers and readers of L’Orient Today, from inside Lebanon and abroad.

Letters to Lebanon: A letter from the back seat of the car

Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad

Desperate to entertain two bored daughters on long car trips, my parents resorted to all kinds of guessing games. When even these failed to keep me and my sister from winding each other up, my Irish father would fall back on a tried-and-true stay of...
Desperate to entertain two bored daughters on long car trips, my parents resorted to all kinds of guessing games. When even these failed to keep me and my sister from winding each other up, my Irish father would fall back on a tried-and-true stay of...