"We shall manage without water and electricity-" said Khaled, a 50 years old clerk "As long as we are free." And then he raised his eyes and looked at the sea and the ships in the port.

"you  know'" he said in  surprise "I have lived 20 years in Tripoli and untill today I did not look at the sea this way, nor inhaled its smell."

"And what is the smell like?"

"It is the smell of freedom," He said and smiled.