With rising tension in the Middle East we are seeing a surge in Western Ideology coming to the East and vice a versa. When reading “West of Kabul, East of New York an Afghan American Story” by Tamim Ansary, and watching “He Named Me Malala” the Documentary of Malala Yousafzai I saw how people who were raised in the East are trying to cope with the fact that they’re becoming essentially Americanized, but also trying to hold on to their roots. With in both cases I can see that within the Middle East the people in question act differently than what they would be in American, almost. So in the end how can both characters balance their ideologies in the West as if they’re in the East also being plagued by what they left behind? Their culture. Within
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Due to her activism for woman rights within the Middle East she opened the eyes of many to give women more respect, but that also brought the attention of the Taliban. The Taliban is a terrorist organization who sole purpose is to bring the Middle East back neo-lithic time’s in which that’s what they want, and Bin Laden “That’s exactly what he wants.” (Ansary292). By bringing the countries back to these times their ideals are to bring women down which is why Malala was target and shot because she stood up. Just like the women she was named …show more content…
Due to the assassination attempt on her life she was brought to England for surgery, and other medical treatments which saved her life. With the Taliban at full power in Pakistan they told her that if she came back to her home they will surly kill her. Which made the process of living in the West a necessity. She has acclimated to Western but still hold to her Eastern ways like how when the production crew asked her about dating she said in Pakistan “There is no dating.” (Malala), but here she said that you can, but she would never, then giggled. As I thought for Malala the best thing for her was going to the West because its a place that would protect her, and let speech her
Due to her activism for woman rights within the Middle East she opened the eyes of many to give women more respect, but that also brought the attention of the Taliban. The Taliban is a terrorist organization who sole purpose is to bring the Middle East back neo-lithic time’s in which that’s what they want, and Bin Laden “That’s exactly what he wants.” (Ansary292). By bringing the countries back to these times their ideals are to bring women down which is why Malala was target and shot because she stood up. Just like the women she was named …show more content…
Due to the assassination attempt on her life she was brought to England for surgery, and other medical treatments which saved her life. With the Taliban at full power in Pakistan they told her that if she came back to her home they will surly kill her. Which made the process of living in the West a necessity. She has acclimated to Western but still hold to her Eastern ways like how when the production crew asked her about dating she said in Pakistan “There is no dating.” (Malala), but here she said that you can, but she would never, then giggled. As I thought for Malala the best thing for her was going to the West because its a place that would protect her, and let speech her