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CONTINUE READING →Hello all! So it’s been nearly a month since the closing ceremony that Camp Rafiqi threw has come and gone, but it feels as if yesterday when we were all seated at the theater auditorium… watching, laughing, and admiring the work of all of our beloved campers and counselors. The closing ceremony was filled with [...]
CONTINUE READING →When we created Camp Rafiqi, it was important that we include both blind and sighted campers. Our primary commitment is to blind individuals, but we felt like we wouldn’t be working toward the “Integration” in “Empowerment through Integration” by separating blind campers from the larger, sighted society. By mixing the campers together, we hoped that [...]
CONTINUE READING →Our oldest camper at Camp Rafiqi Tripoli is Muhammad Ahmed Loubani at age 21. But if you call him “Muhammad” around camp, everyone will look at you strangely; he is known only as “Maestro”. As his pseudonym suggests, Maestro is an incredibly talented musician. I learned this on the first day when the afternoon session [...]
CONTINUE READING →A special thanks to Shater Hassan, one of the most popular restaurants in Tripoli, Lebanon. The name of the restaurant translates to “Good Hassan”, and Tripolians certainly think that is the case. Hassan opened his restaurant by popular demand, and the food does not disappoint. Furthermore, Hassan has such a big heart—he sponsored food for [...]
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