i thought the movie Blood and oil was very interesting and eye opening movie. I have known that one of the reasons that we have been there is because of the oil. i could not believe that America was going through 20 million barrels a day and 90% of its patrolium and we used 1/3 of our oil from the war. i thought that it was interesting how Roosevelt met with the man from Saudi Arabia and how he made a deal with him saying that he would protect them if he could have their oil. We made this plan even though we what type of people lived in Saudi Arabia, Monarchy. A place where women are treated with no respect and are not treated fairly. But we overlooked this and provided military training over there because of our deal receiving oil. We provide money for them to help them once again because of the oil. SO everything is based around the deal:OIL. i believe that our interest in the middle east is because it relates to the oil. i thoiught it was huge when mike klaresefan said that we will never be free of danger from the middle east until we pull apart the military that has been there to protect the oil!

I started to read the book" the waiting list" which was one of the book to read for our project, women in the middle east. i ended up not choosing this book to read because it was not what i was looking for.But we have decided to watch the movie called Two Women (1999. i believe that this will give us a better understanding of women in the middle east. Also My group is going to go see the play performed at WMU Theater called 9 parts of Desire. I also believe that this will give us a better understanding of women in the middle east. i was glad to hear that our teacher sent us all an email to go and see this play. I was also glad to hear that he other students from our class went to go and see the play i am really excited to go and see this play. You should go and see the play too!

I found this video

Women in the middle east is my groups project. At first i went to youtube and typed in women the middle east. i then saw these two girls who were smiling and happy and thought that it was going to be a happy video, i was wrong. This video turned my stomach upside down. I was so angry when watching this video. I just want to warn you that this video is very up front and out there so don't say i did not warn you. i know that this does not mean all men and women are like this but to just see a this just makes you think wonder.

EXTRA

I work with an Arabian women and i came into work one day talking to her and saying, " im starving," and she told me that she had been fasting. I felt horrible complaining that i was hungry when here she is fasting. She told me that it was no big deal, you get used to it. She also told me that she has tea and hard boiled eggs with some type of noodle that she makes and eats that, she then wakes up at 4 am and eats the same thing for her breakfast and then does her prayers and then goes back to bed. She then wont eat from 5am to 8pm.

I then talked to her again today and she brought up the subject of the war and how scared she was of going back home. She also was talking about how an Arabian student that i work with cant be near her friend who is also of the same ethnicity because of family issues. But when these students go out for recess they play and hug, they love each other. The moms got into a fight while attending church. I think that it is sad that these students are friends but only get to hang out at recess because their moms are fighting.

Chapters 3& 4

My favorite part in the book was in chapter 3 when the dad grabbed the son (author) and told him a secret. i feel that this part showed the dads character. The dad trusted his son with the secret that they were going to pick up Harbi at the train station. The dad needed someone to talk too and he chose to talk with his son. When i read this i thought of my dad and how we have a close relationship. My dad and I share secrets, i tell him something that i only want him to know about and he tells me secrets that he only wants me to know about. Another favorite part of mine in chapter 3 was when the author was driving the carriage with Harbi and his dad. The author was going so fast through town that some of the town members were like " we are going to tell your father about this," and what they did not realize that the father was there the whole time. The author i feel at this point felt like he was really an adult, he had the responsibility of driving the carriage to there destination without anybody knowing what they were up to. If i was in the authors shoes, i would be so nervous and scared knowing that my father was counting on me to get him to a destination. That is a lot of responsibility!

REEL BAD ARABS

our class watched watched the film "Reel Bad Arabs" which was very interesting to me. This film talked about how in movies the bad guys are played by "Arab people or actors. i never noticed this until we watched the film. The film also talked about the Disney movie Aladdin. i love Disney movies and Aladdin is one of my favorite Disney movies. In the film the director had the lyrics to Aladdin. The lyrics talked about how your ear would get cut off, i never heard this version and later found out that the lyrics had been changed. I thought that was very interesting that aladdin is a Disney movie and they were going to have the bad version in the movie where little children sing along.. i was shocked!

Aladdin - Arabian nights Lyrics Album: Send “Arabian nights” Ringtone to Your Cell Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place Where the caravan camels roam Where it's flat and immense And the heat is intense It's barbaric, but hey, it's home [Original first verse (1992-93):] Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place Where the caravan camels roam Where they cut off your ear If they don't like your face It's barbaric, but hey, it's home } When the wind's from the east And the sun's from the west And the sand in the glass is right Come on down Stop on by Hop a carpet and fly To another Arabian night Arabian nights Like Arabian days More often than not Are hotter than hot In a lot of good ways Arabian nights 'Neath Arabian moons A fool off his guard Could fall and fall hard Out there on the dunes

chapters 1 and 2 read

LOOK HOW CUTE HE OR SHE IS!!

I just finished reading the first two chapters in the book Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery by Bahaa' taher. I am really enjoying this book because it talks about the different culture something i know little about. i thought that it was crazy how the Bey abused Harbi, tying him up to the tree and beating him almost to death. I think that it is sad how Aunt Safiyya hates Harbi and wants to kill him now after killing the bey when the bey almost killed Harbi. i also thought that it was sad how Aunt Safiyya was teaching her son how to hit and hurt somthing by using a donkey.