6) Massif (And The Men Of The Middle East) Part I Comments

Massif (UAE)
Part I

Massif, a young boy who I befriended while there in Dubai at the Diplomat, while sitting and having a soda, stopped by for a moment after Lela asked me to show her my computer. He said hello, and began to talk with me as we sat there, I almost automatically grabbed and sat him on my knee, as if he were one of my nephews, but hesitated, maybe worrying too much about appropriate customs; trying not to be the rude stranger; and rather erring on the side of caution, and regretting it later. Yet we talked for a while until I ran upstairs and brought the computer down and showed the two of them; Lela and Massif, some of the things that I used it for.
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