Birds of Pakistan

Journal Three Firoozeh Dumas says that Americans know very little about Iran and Iranians, and I agree. Before reading her book, I would have been confused and lost if anyone asked more for any information about Iran. After reading Funny in Farsi I feel as thought I have a better understanding of Iran, Iranian culture, and Iranian Americans. One of the most interesting things I learned, was how American’s views and opinions of Iran and Iranian people changed after the Iranian Revolution and…

Last week, citizens of Pakistan and communities from around the world were left horrified and shocked after the discovery of Zainab Ansari’s death. #JusticeForZainab became a top trending Twitter hashtag once everyone became aware of this story so they can ensure incidents like this do not go unnoticed. Zainab Ansari, an eight year old girl was abducted, raped, murdered and then thrown into a garbage bin, later initiating heartache and almost riots across the country. Zainab’s parents stated…

obstacles to overcome On October 9, 2012, in Malala’s early life the Taliban tried to kill Malala because they didn’t like how she fought for girls rights and how she said it wasn’t fair (Foreign, 2015). As a young girl she defied the Taliban in Pakistan and wanted girls to be in school and get an education because the Taliban bombed the school, threw acid and Malala didn’t think it was fair (Leiby, 2014). After the shooting she gave a speech at the U.N to talk about how she thinks not…

There was an American father and two Saudi Arabian females, a mom and her daughter. The father’s name was Jerry. The moms name was Aliyah and her daughters name was Gabriella who was only 4. The father had a son named John that went over to Saudi Arabia for a secret mission. That’s how he met Aliyah and soon came a baby. Not soon after she was born he got gunned down by some men that Aliyah’s dad hired to go kill him. Aliyahs dad did that because John impregnated his daughter so he disowned her…

The biggest and most common theme in I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai is education. Females were denied an education all throughout Pakistani history. In the recent century, females were granted the right to go to school but they were still persecuted for going to school. Then the Taliban took over and slowly prevented girls from attending school. Many girls, like Malala, were enraged because they were not allowed to better themselves through schooling. Unlike the other girls, Malala made it her…

Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Thesis: While America attempts to “save” the Muslim women from the Taliban, they’re missing the big picture. Instead of “liberating” the women of their burqas, Americans need to leave their ethnocentric ideas behind and come to the realization that they are ignoring far more important issues of the Afghani woman. For example, creating an environment free of war for the safety of the Afghani woman. Support: Burqas are often worn for modesty, protection,…

In “Beyond the Burqa”, Zuhra Bahman states that people prefer the traditional justice system. To begin with, over 80 percent of people from the Afghan culture would be partial to the traditional justice system. According to the author,” …These customs are extremely hard to change as most Afghan people and institutions either passively endorse or actively follow them” (Bahman 325). This means that during the Taliban era people would prefer the traditional justice system just because it is…

like what they were doing so they wanted to gather more people and attack. After they got enough people they started to attack and chase them out (Mehra, 2014). The Taliban is a group of Muslim militants that live near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mullah Mohammed Omar is one of the people, who created the Taliban in 1994 (Pointon, 2007). There is not much known about Omar, except that he is not seen in public very often. Omar is not from Afghanistan he is from Kandahar. He came from a…

(AGG) It is true that there are people all over the world going through what Najmah went through in the novel, only the outcome in the real world is not the same as it is for Najmah. (BS-1) Najmah’s outcome is different from many people in the real world because her loyalty to her family is demonstrated by her increase in responsibility to her family and to maintain stability after Baba-jan and Nur were kidnapped. (BS-2) Also, when she is traveling across the mountains with Akhtar and Khalida,…

“Let us pick up our books and our pens they are our most powerful weapons one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” (Malala). Malala has taught many that education should be a priority in our life for it will always be our weapon no matter what fight. Although she has had many difficulties in her life she encourages us to not give up. For as Malala she has only wished the best for the Taliban after and before they had attacked her and others. “I want education for the…