We Sat On A Blanket With Gasoline In Our Hair


Mother Angelle asked us to stand still while she cut our hair short. She then told us to close our eyes, while she poured gasoline on our heads. We stood in shock and said nothing. This will kill the lice, if there are any. We do this all the time to children who come here. She put our clothes in a bag, and we never saw any of our belongings again. As we sat on a blanket outside on the terrace with gasoline in our hair and wool hats on our heads, we played cards and talked about lice for a long time.

We wondered what they were and how long it would take for the gasoline to kill them. As we quietly watched the sunset, we wondered what was going on, how long we had to stay there and how long it would be before we saw any of our relatives again.

Orphans Of War is a story that walks readers through the lives of five Lebanese children, made orphans by parents who were victims of the war. The orphans would discover friendship through the daily survival of living with 95 other orphans - where Muslims and Christians lived together out of happenstance and necessity.


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