What Game Are You Playing At Here?

“Modesty is the best jewel of a woman” speaks islamic culture to their female religious followers. In the Kite Runner, by Khaled Hussein, we are provided with a window to peer into the traditional lives of islam women. One such example is Soraya and her mother, and the family heirarchy led by the male head of household, General Taheri. This core belief and value directs the pious life of a muslim woman. It influences every aspect of her existence, from her apparel, to the way she holds herself in social circumstances. These myriad of guidelines hailing from the Quran have played a vital role in islamic history, and the cultural and political conflicts of today.

I started to get really frustrated with the young lady’s attitude and negative self-image, which initially made me back out of dealing with her entirely. Looking back at it now, I feel like I could have made a better attempt at easing the customers fears of finding clothes by reassuring her that we understand her concerns and are trying everything in our power to accommodate her needs. I truly did feel horrible that this client wasn’t able to find a single item, because part of our job is to empower women who are seeking job employment. Part of that is equipping them with the proper clothing to wear. Also, looking back now I see that I can relate to the client, because I to have had issues in the past with self-image and finding it difficult to find clothing. Instead of using our relate ability to ease her mind, I made assumptions about her ungratefulness and negative attitude.

“It's okay, I don't really like these shoes anyway.” I explain in attempts to cheer her up.

At this point in Kabul, the Taliban have completely taken over the city and they sent a message to all the women in Kabul. Taliban says, "Attention women: You will stay inside your homes at all times. It is not proper for women to wander aimlessly about the streets. If you go outside, you must be accompanied by a mahram, a male relative. If you are caught alone on the street, you will be beaten and sent home. You will not, under any circumstance, show your face. You will cover with burqa when outside. If you do not, you will be severely beaten. Cosmetics are forbidden. Jewelry is forbidden…..You will not wear charming clothes.You will not make eye contact with men. You will not laugh in public. If you do, you will be beaten. You will not paint your nails. If you do, you will lose a finger.” (Hosseini 278) This quote represents how women do not have the same rights as men and that they basically have no freedom whatsoever. Mariam hears this message over the radio and has realized she cannot do anything outside her home and fears what will happen to her if she were to step outside her home. In comparison to Brick Lane, Nazneen grew up in Bangladesh and women in a country of that kind have certain traditions they must follow since they are women. The traditions being that they

While Fawzia Koofi has gone through a seemingly insurmountable slew of struggles, she has a profound respect for the culture that she and her mother experienced before the Taliban regime took over. One of the differences Koofi acknowledges is the difference in burqas: “In my mother’s era women saw the burqa as a sign of status, and my mother had one befitting her rank as the wife of a powerful and rich man” (Koofi 132). This quote comes from chapter twelve in which Koofi discusses various characteristics about her wedding under Taliban regulation. There were absurdly strict rules that were implemented and enforced which changed memorable events into bleak ceremonies that were overrun by restrictions and regulations. The Taliban established a culture with little tolerance and hardly similar to the one Koofi is fond of. She also states that these types of changes are preventing cultural progression in Afghanistan, and plunging them “back in time” and reverting them to the fundamentals of the religion. It is evident that Koofi was irritated with the Taliban’s extremist

The Meltdown is a PBS special on the events of the financial crisis of 2008, in a timeline format, revealing the thinking behind decisions made during the fateful months before the stock market crash in August of that year. Some financial gurus on Wall Street devised a plan to bundle several mortgages together into a group, and then selling that bundle to another group of investors looking to invest in securities. The lender did not need to earn money from the loans he was giving out, he merely gained enough of a profit from the bundling operation that billions were being made on Wall Street from 2005-2008. The problem is that these bundles were risky, and as credit unworthy individuals defaulted on their mortgages, the entire system crumbled into what is now known as the Stock Market Crash of 2008, and have subsequently lived during the Great Recession.

Bridesmaids would wear matching blue jean cut-offs and halter tops – with more skin showing than not.

Then their was this silly evening gown the harpist company made her wear. This low cut sequined black dress would have looked great on Madonna or Carrie on Sex and the City. The stretchy material clung to her chubby middle-aged body like saran wrap making her feel like a human sausage link.

Describing the letter he received from his wife, the husband narrates, “Addressing me by name would have assumed an intimacy we had not yet discovered.” (Page 185). Due to the lack of intimacy, the husband must have felt pressured to do a lot of work to make the marriage work. However, after his wife arrives at the airport, he sees her with saree properly fixed rather than dragging on the floor. By portraying this the author shows the audience that an arrange marriage between two complete strangers is not as bad as people imagine. Furthermore, the author shows that lack of communication between the husband and wife is a common issue for arranged marriages. A best example for this can be seen when the husband asked the wife to get dressed to go out, the wife overdressed for the

The article “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Reflections on Cultural Relativism and its others” is based on the cultural practices in the Middle East. A question relative to the cultural practices of Muslim women is “Do Muslim women really need saving?”. I will examine that Muslim women do not need saving when it comes to cultural practices revolving around the way women dress, as well as the ethics involved in intervening into another culture.

“I’m sorry, but you cannot afford to buy a pretty dress. You cannot because you are poor!”

I’m your husband and you’re my wife” (51). This scene repeats later with her aunt and uncle, then with Fawzy and Sharifa – “I heard Sharifa’s voice like a series of gasps followed by the same protesting tone. ‘No, Fawzy. For the Prophet’s sake. You must not, you must not!!’ Through the wall came his painting angry hiss again. ‘What the hell, woman! Must not what, and Prophet what?’” (81).

I received some negativity at a charity event I helped host regarding my clothes, basically one of the hosts friends decides while I’m speaking to a guest that it would be a good time to tell me she would like to give me a free styling session in her store.As the tense conversation continues, party host Rose approaches me and says, “I was insulted, too. She said to me that she didn’t like my style.”Aggravated, I tell Rose that she, “should probably check her friends, that when they come to your party they shouldn’t go insulting your guests. It’s rude.”Although, I was annoyed I didn’t let it get the best of me, my job was to get a new younger crowed involved.

Shakespeare examines the theme of appearance and reality in his book-Hamlet. The dilemma of what is "real" is established at the very beginning of the play. Hamlet doesn’t know what to believe and devises a plan to find out. The old king Hamlet appears to be bitten by a snake, but in reality he was poisoned, the ghost appears as an apparition, but it’s actually real, and the play-with-in-a-play strongly depicts the theme of appearance vs. reality.

As if being a girl in this world today isn’t hard enough, it 's even harder being a female in a traditional African-Islamic family, where respect isn’t earned but just given to. Till this day I don 't understand why the females in Islam are treated so differently. I always thought that it was because we lived in Africa, but that 's not the case. Muslims males always deny that females are not treated with the same equality as the males, but that 's has been absolutely absurd.