I was talking to Baatar Sr that night when I noticed Wing and Wei going through my bag. I was about to stop them but my oud fell out and landed on Wing's toe making me laugh. 

" Ouch! What is that thing?" asked Wing. " That would be my oud. It's a type of lute from my home country." I replied with a chuckle lifting the oud and checking for any scratches. I sighed in relief when I saw that there was no damage. 

I took my oud with me and put it in my bag. I looked over me to find Meelo holding my phone and watching a video on it. "Wow! What's that?" asked Meelo looking at my phone. My phone was a new one that I had bought from Beirut. It was a Samsung phone that had a wonderful camera and screen. I approached Meelo and noticed he was watching a video of a few kids doing Dabke, a traditional Levantine dance.

" Oh, that my little friend is Dabke, a traditional dance in the Levant," I said taking the phone out of his hand. " What's the Levant?" asked Meelo, confused by what I had just said.

I took a deep breath and went through my phone to ensure all my apps and photos were intact. Sometimes my mind wanders, causing me to remember Baatar's face. I looked at a photo of me and my cousin Halima, who had moved away to Dubai to start a new business a few years ago. 

I was so busy going through my phone that I didn't notice it was now sunset. I got up and stretched feeling exhausted and tired. I wondered if things would be different for me here in this world. Suddenly, I began to feel extremely dizzy. I looked around me and saw things turning into a blur. The last thing I saw was Baatar Sr right in front of me looking worried. Then, I collapsed as darkness overcame me.