Some neighborhood dikkanehs will also sell you some of the
more local products, such as the ‘luffeh’ (a natural sponge made from the
wooden skeletal remains of a dried out cucumber-like fruit,
or broomsticks made of . . . , well, I don’t even know what they’re made off.
They are uncomfortably short, and if you want to sweep the floor you’ll have to
adopt a 90 degree angle posture, but the old people swear by it.
Sietske is not in Beirut at the moment, but on her annual ‘Trek
to the Motherland’. She leaves you every Friday with a typical Lebanese
neighborhood ‘dikkaneh’, also called mini-market. They are all situated in
Beirut. The exact road & neighborhood are indicated on the picture itself. These
little stores have all disappeared in Holland; fallen victim to the big
supermarket chains. This is number 3 in a series of 12. But here in Beirut, we
still have them. Enjoy, while I enjoy my holiday.
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