On a sunny afternoon, a dozen agricultural workers harvest eggplants on the outskirts of the city of Qamishli, in northeastern Syria. The women’s gloved hands dip between the bright leaves, avoiding blooming flowers to pick only the ripe, light-purple vegetables that will soon fill the isles of the local souk. Makdous season is in full swing: soon, thousands of preserved eggplants will fill the pantries of Syrian kitchens for the year to come. “Cholera has already claimed at least 60 lives and reached thirteen of the country’s fourteen governorates, in addition to refugee camps in Lebanon” But…