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    The iconic American sitcom Seinfeld has this episode where George Costanza, the show’s lovable loser, mopes to friend Jerry Seinfeld: “My life is the opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have..it 's all been wrong.” Jerry deadpans back, “If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.” Washington will eventually have its own George Costanza moment on Afghanistan, and the futility of an open-ended war. The only question is how many more dead soldiers

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    universal; life without both the exposure and reaction to catastrophe, suffering, or hopelessness is alien to the human experience and stunts one's growth of understanding said experience more fully, regardless of impact. The attitudes and behaviors that people carry with them as expressions of either instinctual or cultural values, however, are integral to comprehending the diverse mentalities and viewpoints of trauma victims. Indignation, paranoia, depression, antipathy, ennui, and aimlessness can be functionally

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    bright colors and listening to music, while are sitting outside and just watching them do what you can not do. It was also a challenge because if you were dreaming about being a lawyer or something, you couldn’t do that. Even though you see other people in suits at 9:00 in the morning going to work. The last challenge that she had to face was that she had to undergo a lot of surgeries for her brain and the tissues inside her brain plus the cells. “ She has undergone several operations to repair her

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    celebrities and United Nation members. She has tea with celebrities like Angelina Jolie. Malala is also recognized by other celebrities and newspaper. In addition, she is treated like a celebrity outside of her home. She is constantly surrounded by many people when she is outside of her house. They either want to get a picture of her or they want her to speak at certain event. However, there are some negative side of Malala becoming famous. After her fame, Malala has found it hard to make friends at school

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    When Bambo Bloom Summary

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    In the ethnographic chronicle, When Bamboo Bloom, by Patricia Omidian, Omidian traveled to Afghanistan to work with, aid, and better understand Afghans. However, her the Taliban limited her quality and quantity of work. Their control over the land constantly changed which forced her to deal with different environments each time she journeyed there. In 1998, she worked for Save the Children (SAVE) in Kabul on the land mine project that taught children how to avoid land mines. In 2000, Novib hired

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    Malala Hero

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    secondary school for refugee girls in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in Syria. She did this because she felt that all girls, no matter what race, should be allowed to have an education like she did. She felt that it was not fair that only males and white people got a proper education. The school will educate more than 200 syrian girls, ages 14 to 18. "The new curriculum will enable students to receive their baccalaureate or

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    I Am Malala Hardships

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    bring my schoolbag, exams are coming up (Yousafzai 151),” even though she is in the hospital with a bullet wound, Malala still thinks about her upcoming exams and how she needs to study for them. It is ironic that people, like Malala live in a place where education is a privilege and people who are able to get it, have a vast amount of passion for it. Children in America don't understand the importance of education in the way these children do, since children in well off countries do not have first

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    1838-42 - British forces invade, install King Shah Shujah. He is assassinated in 1842. British and Indian troops are massacred during retreat from Kabul. 1878-80 - Second Anglo-Afghan War. A treaty gives Britain control of Afghan foreign affairs. 1926-29 - Amanullah tries to introduce social reforms, which however stir civil unrest. He flees. 1933 - Zahir Shah becomes king and Afghanistan remains a monarchy for next four decades. 1953 - General Mohammed Daud becomes prime minister. Turns to Soviet

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    This is a true reality of parts of the Middle Eastern World, where people are looked upon and treated as objects by the corrupt government. This is specifically observed in Afghanistan, a country that has been shattered by war for decades, the chain of hierarchy is often broken and there is disorder in the nation. Afghani descent, Khalad Hosseini the author of two heart touching and utterly amazing stories, has watched his people suffer, die and fight miserably for their freedom. He expresses his

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    Rise Of The Taliban

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    The Taliban is one of the most notorious militant Sunni Islamic political groups in the world. The majority of people have heard the name “Taliban” before. It is a name that carries hate, confusion, and love depending on the person. However, many don’t understand what the Taliban is and how it came about. Some just consider them a radical terrorist group and some see them as a historic change in government. This paper is going to explain: who the Taliban are, why they do what they do, and how

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