Aspirations and Art
Today we had a lovely tour of the brand new Islamic Art museum here in Doha.
Museum of Islamic Art
The really wealthy get to enter the museum by boat
Pathway into the museum, its over the water
Pages of the Qur'an from the 6-7 century
Beautiful building across from Museum
We rushed (literally, ran to the van) to make it back to the hotel in time to watch President Obama’s speech in Cairo to the “Muslim world”. I thought his address was excellent; he made solid points with some concrete actions. More actions are of course necessary to back up what he said. I was especially happy to see him quote the Qur’an as often as he did. I am curious to hear the reaction of people around the world now, how he measured up to their exceedingly high expectations.
Obama on our hotel TV
So off to the plane tonight! Will post reactions upon re-arrival to America.
you have a great blog Andrea, cant wait to hear the full wrap-up. Missing you!