Karunesh (my awesome new roommate!), Timsaal, and I went to a majlis in Chowk. I went in as an observer and not a mourner, but I couldn’t help but feel sad/moved by the event. The weeping around me gradually increased and a collective feeling of sadness overtook the crowd. The energy was quite overwhelming. I was expecting the speaker to relate the Karbala incident to the current situation in Gaza. But the event was pretty apolitical, that or perhaps I just didn’t understand all of what was said.
