I went to Museums today- specifically the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and an Art Museum that I cant remember the name of. They where all great, but of course we spent the most time in the Natural History Museum, as always. There was an amazing mammoth/mastodon exhibit which housed the most complete mammoth specimen ever found- I am sure you have seen the picture. It was fabulous- me and Karim sketched everything with gusto. Bad news on Palestine- I am sure you have heard it; Gaza launched some Rockets at Israel, one of which was aimed at the airport- by the way this happened on the day we where supposed to arrive. Nobody was harmed in the strikes, which where all diverted. Israel responded by promptly bombing Gaza, which has killed 70 so far, and caused hundreds of injuries. My dad does not want us to fly on, and our family there says that they are just staying inside and not doing anything- they are not worried about safety or anything- its just really, really tense, and they don't see the point of us coming right now. I have no idea what to feel- I have been missing Palestine all year, and yet the idea of going in the midst of all this is so worrying and stressful- I would really appreciate your thoughts and advice, but don't feel obligated or anything. Hope you are having fun; say hi to everybody for me
miss you
-Amin