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I watched “Iraqi Teens Work to Help their Families” from Alive in Baghdad 10/15/07http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/10/15/iraqi-teens-work-to-help-their-families/. The podcast was about a few different teens that work to help their families. It said that 50% of Iraqis are jobless so a lot of teens need to help their families with work. They do things such as build or paint furniture. Some have been doing it since they were really young. One of the teens in the video was Hussein Kamal. Hussein is a fifteen year old who helps his dad with carpentry and furniture painting. It takes him an hour to get to work when it use to only take thirty minutes because the ride has become so dangerous. The video didn’t show much scenery, but the little scenery I saw wasn’t too bright or cheerful. It was sandy and plain. People viewing this video will become educated on what its like for an Iraqi teen. It will show the viewer some of the differences that the war is putting on their country verse ours. This was different from news clippings that I have seen previously about Iraq. It showed it from an Iraqi’s view rather than an American in Iraq filming Iraq. I think the most memorable part of the podcast was the teens call to action at the end of the video.