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“Challanges at a Girl’s School in Baghdad” which was pulished on May 21, 2007 found on the website, Alive in baghdad, Link: Http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in0baghdad
The general topic of this podcast is interviewing students and teachers from Alsafina Middle School which serves girls all over Baghdad. It focuses on violance and wheither of not it is an issue to students. It speaks to students about their education. Most that have been interviewed really feel the need to continue their education. As a teacher it is hard to evaluate those who are continually absent due to bloacked road ways or invasion. Most teachers during this time are willing to work with the students and not downgrade them. They want them to continue to learn and work with them expecially during times like these. The background of the podcast seemed to showtypical classrooms with wooden desks and a chalk board. There are cement walls that have pictures on them. A viewer might learn from watching this that the students dont live in fear but rather want to learn and want to be at schol to do so. It is sad to think that situations like these get in the way of their learning. Most students have to miss a lesson or two which then puts them behind in the class. Its not fair. What I find most memorable about the podcast is listening to the students and what they had to say.
After reading August 31 through Septemver 16, 2003 of (Riverbend) p.52
I find it very interesting when she mentions on page 52, “I *love* Donald Rumsfeld’s latest comment on Iraq…”…It’s like Chicago.” and how she agrees with his statement but states he didnt finish it proparly. She suggest what he should have said which was, “It’s like Chicago…during the 1920’s when Al Capone was running it: gangs, militias, fighting, looting, vendettas, dubious business dealings, and shady figures in dark corners.” This caught me a little off track. I dont know who, or why she would compare the situation towards him. Yet alone I dont know anything about him.
After doing research I have found out that his real name is Alphonse Gabriel Capone he is known as one of Americas best known Italian gangsters. He was born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. He led a crime of smuggling and bootlegging liquior. He began his career in Brookln before moving to Chicago, and became the boss of Chicago Outfits a criminal organization. By the end of 1920’s he became placed on the Chicago Crime Commissions public enemies list. His crimminal carreer had ended when in 1931 he had been invicted and convicted by the federal income tax evasion.
After researching about Alphonse Gabriel Capone, it makes me realize what type of person he really is. Having been an Italian gangster says enough by yet to smuggle liquior and make a business out of it shows the risky life he lived. I think its intersting how in the reading he is refered to as the pupetmaster, because that alone shows from what type of guy he is what she was refering to.
Riverbend. Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq.
Unknown, “Al Capone”, April 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone
TM & Courtroom Television Network, Time Warner Co., “Capone Moves Up” 2007 http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/capone/over_6.html
Dear Riverbend,
After reading the first fourty pages of your book, I feel that I have a completly differnt outlook on the war in Iraq than you do. However, your point of view has opened up my thinking of what an Iraqi is feeling at the time of war. Throughout most of your blogging you go into alot of descriptions of horrifying occurances that have been going on, and get up close and personal. I know that you mention a child Omar Jassim who was killed in Anbar for no reason but to act as a reminder that Iraq is not free or liberated. You mention the number of children that are being invaided at schools, and how they are to young to have been doing anything why are they deserving the punishment. You also mention the fear of Iraqis and how you can identify the sound of an American Mistle and an Iraqi. With all of the pain and fear, however how do you think Americans feel? They are risking their own lives away from family memembers. Some leaving behind childrean, wives, loved ones. Others having no shelter, having to pee on the streets due to no bathrooms. Not being able to shower for days, even not knowing who to trust. You dont know who are terrorists like you said and who isnt. Getting sick from unsanitary water, eating whatever they can get their hands on. Dealing with all types of weather. Do you think that they want to be over their distroying lives? I can relate to this from another perspective. Having a cousin over in Iraq who has been their for a year. His experiances alone have been similar to yours just a different point of view. From his experiances the people he has been working with are really trying to seak help. They just have no point of direction or anyone to take control of their govornment. I have enjoyed reading from your point of view and am anxiouse to read some more. It has been very interesting to me to compare my thoughts as well as yours.
Thank you,
Dawn Brushett
Riverbend, Ahdaf Soueif, James Ridgeway. Bahdad Burning 2003, (p. xi-7 )
After reading the first few pages of “Baghdad Burning” it appears to be set up in more of a journal, blog format which we have been studying over a general amount of time throughout this course. It focuses mostly on current events and leaves you with a feeling of having been there. I like how it mentions specifics on what occured on the day, for example she talks about a child that was killed in Anabar, named Omar Jassin, it gets up close and personal with experiances. It seems to be an easy read easpecially in the sense that it gets up close to personal experiances. I feel that it is easiest to relate to when you are reading someones personal experiances.
