. >> i'm rawan. >> thank you for doing this. this feels very formal. but it's not.. they are mostly musicians and artistic people. lots of jamming happens here. it's like more of a family hanging out. >> this cafe is a typical beirut establishment with a clientele from lebanon, from syria, and any number of other countries. the owners are both lebanese and syrian and acutely aware of the tricky political realities with which they must live. they were concerned about us filming here and wanted us to understand clearly that the cafe has no political affiliation and that the opinions of this young lady, rawan, are not that of the cafe or necessarily even the clientele. >> you're born and bred syrian. >> yes. i was born and brought up in syria. damascus. one night, 3:00 a.m., the army entered our house and i found them in my bedroom looking for the free syrian army. my dad knew he couldn't protect us because he was old. three hours later we decided to leave, so we came to beirut. >> thank you. >> we always eat here. grape leaves is my favorite food. >> i saw, you went f