Shabanu Essay

I grew up at a city in Syria called Homs. It was a nice small city with very lovely and generous people who got each other backs. We did not have many places to have fun at, but we created the fun for ourselves. I could visit one of my grandparents’ houses and have a sleepover there with my cousins. I could go for a walk with my friends in the great crowded streets, have some desserts and pastries from the most delicious bakery I have ever tried, shop some clothes from the stores that are lined up next to each other, or just sit in a café and have a drink. I had a simple normal life, but many other people did not. A lot of the Syrians suffered from poverty and did not have jobs, but I did not know about these people. We also had a bad regime that was based on bribe and corruption, but I was not aware of it.

Bashana Haba’ah was composed by Nurit Hurish, composer of over 1,000 songs and one of Israel’s most prolific and diverse composers, in 1967. This piece in particular comes from Israel and is a Hebrew song. Jewish music first originated in the Middle East area about 2,000 years ago, specifically in the land of Israel, and has continued to spread from there, soon reaching America, where we now sing and perform it today. Something interesting about this piece is that it was written shortly after the Six-Day War and a lot of the poetry throughout the piece creates a very strong image of a world in peace, without war.

R/s on Saturday, Shaqwanda and 15 other people smoked marijuana in the presence of Cam’Ron. R/s sometime this month Shaqwanda took the baby to the ER and allegedly Cam’Ron tested positive for THC. R/s Shaqwanda does feed the baby maybe 5 hours later than normal. R/s the baby’s bottom is raw. R/s Cam’Ron’s father, Antwan is no longer in the home.

Shadia, the main character of the short story, is one that is relatable to a lot of readers. Shadia is a focused woman, dedicated to her education. Throughout the study we understand that Shadia really wants to come out of her shell of being that responsible serious woman, and let loose a little, but because of her pressure back home and the fact that she is engaged to a fairly wealthy man, she finds it difficult to do so. Shadia is from Egypt and traveled to Scotland to complete her graduate degree. Though she knows she is strictly there only for her graduation, she focuses on the negatives of Scotland, how the people party on the weekends and the lack of sunshine and heat, and the pale blue and gray skies that she can’t attribute to the skies at home.

Describe changes and continuities in the political structure of the Middle East from 1400 to 1750.

Many people have experienced situations that challenges their survival. Sometime people may experience a situation, like a friend betrayal or violence, in life that changes him/her short-term or have a long-term effect on the person you hurt or even yourself too. Everyone experiences, their own definition of survival, like taking five tests in a day or simply making it through the day, that can lead and help them find the insights of life that will guide them. Survival plays a role throughout two completely different stories which is what makes it different, but also displays resemblance that makes their stories similar. Amir, The Kite Runner, and the leader Ralph, Lord of the Flies, have both faced dramatic situations, betrayal of their friends, and violence making their each experience unique.

But after they left America for about 2 years, everything had changed. This was all an effect of the Great Iranian Revolution. Upon the return to America, a lot had changed around

Iraq is a different world than where we live in North America. Canadian values and culture of North America are vastly different from those of the Middle Eastern country that is the subject of an-article by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam titled Abu Gharib and Insaniyat. Following the terrorist attacks in New York in 2001 the differences between these two cultures seemed immense. The stories and images that were beamed into our houses by television and other media were unreal to our eyes. From our perspective we feel fortunate to live in a different place and wonder how the world got to a point where things can be so different in two places,

From the 1800’s to present day, the Middle East has undergone many changes and continuities causing formation of their national identity, main factors that contributed were social aspects on society, government structure, and the strong religious roots they possess. The majority of changes occurred through the society aspects with the treatment of women and the discovery of oil. In Middle Eastern history women have had limited rights and have always been unequal to men. Women have always remained very conservative; being sheltered from other men not being able to go in public being covered from head to toe. The discovery of oil has also created many opportunities for the Middle East giving them a national identity and increasing economy.

For the podcast, I interviewed Lina Abdulnoor, with the intention of exploring the intricacies of refugeehood by analyzing Lina’s refugee experience. Lina lived in Iraq with her family until they began receiving death threats due to their religious beliefs. Convinced that they needed to flee the country to survive, they left Iraq as refugees. After leaving Iraq, they settled in Jordan, where they waited two years until the U.N. to approve their request to move to the U.S. in 2012. Lina and her family initially settled in Virginia, where she experienced culture shock as she adapted to American culture and the English language. However, Lina did not feel accepted in Virginia; her experiences in the state led her to think that Americans treated her according to negative stereotypes of Iraqis. After living in Virginia for several months, Lina and her family chose to resettle in San Diego, California, which harbored a larger Iraqi population than Virginia did. Supported by San Diego’s Iraqi community and various refugee organizations, Lina flourished, and she currently studies at UCSD while holding a stable job.

My initial questions were dealing with the settlement of Syrian refugees, but as I looked into my primary source I noticed that it was dealing with a different ethnic group and different time era, so that shifted my focus from Syrian refugees to the differences between the two groups and differences between the type of treatment each received. Secondly when I looked at the article I was able to identify a difference in the perception of each group of refugees. In the article I was able to see that there was a focus on homeland security and a precaution for a possible terrorist threat. However, in the primary source there was not a focus on homeland security, but rather security and settlement of the Jewish refugee. Lastly, with the third source my focus becomes broader, since the last source focused on various perspectives of refugees in

Nasir responded well to the intervention. Nasir stated, his mom yelling at him, his mom punishing him, being embarrassment, losing privileges, being teased and being disappointed. Nasir stated, stated that his mom yelled at him because he did not make up his bed and she hit him first and he punch he back in her face. Nasir stated that he know that hitting his mom is not right, but his mom mad him very upset by hitting him first. Nasir stated that he screamed yelled throw thing and left the house. Nasir stated, what to be left alone, wanting to run away, I am fed-up of the situation, and everyone is making me mad. Nasir stated five time. Nasir stated, being treated poorly, being yelled at, and his mom talking badly about him. Nasir completed

In some cultures it is ordinary for a girl in her early teens to marry a man four times her age. This exact scenario happened to Shabanu, a twelve-year-old girl whose future was already planned out for her. Shabanu and Phulan are going to marry their cousins. She was suppose to marry Murad and her sister, Phulan, was to marry Hamir, but Hamir died. Phulan ended up marrying Murad and Shabanu then had to marry Rahim, Rahim was a fifty-five year old man that already had three other wives. Certain elements of culture including religion, social organization, and traditions impacted Shabanu in many different ways. Her story is inferior due to these elements of culture, and it will just keep getting worse.

He is her guardian at the mission and because he provides for the whole family he demands to be even more respected than Tambu’s father did. As Tambu is the narrator of the novel one reads her thoughts and senses how important Babamukuru is for her. She knows she is depended on him and she would do anything not to lose her right to be educated. However, in his house she loses her rebellious spirit that once went to the city to sell the maize and she only follows his commands without complaining. Under his supervision her social status does not change as she is still growing up to be a good wife “because there is nothing that pleases parents more than to see their own children settled in their own families” (89) as Babamukuru says. So even the education is getting her ready for the marriage. Although she leaves the poverty of her village where she is predestined to cook and take care of the house in order to become a good wife, she only escapes to a higher level of the same social stratification where in addition she also gets the education that prepares her for her marriage role.

Q1: What are the major contrasts between the political and cultural institutions of the Middle East and those of the Western world? Which do you think is the most important? Why?