Please sir, may I have some more

This picture was taken in Hama, Syria two years ago. We were visiting Jen and Ammar and traveling with Jen's parents from Aleppo to Palmyra. At a stoplight in the city center of Hama a very sad looking boy came up to the car to beg for money. We didn't really see much begging in Syria--in sharp contrast to say north Berkeley.

And yes, we (I mean Ammar) gave him some coin.