http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo Just another Keeneweb.org weblog Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:29:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After reading the selected readings for this homework assignment I decided to talk about two of the questions which were: "Why are date palms so important to the Iraqi People" and "Describe the custom of evening tea in Iraq". Date palms are so important to the people in Iraq for ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/04/21/hw-41-cultural-literacy/ I chose to write about the story from Alive In Baghdad called, “Iraqi Teens Work To Help Their Families” , which was published in October 15, 2007. In the podcast it talks to three different Iraqi teenagers who basically describe their life in Iraq. They talk about how they constantly ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/04/14/hw40-iraqi-kids-try-to-help-their-parents-out/ After reading the selected readings from Baghdad Burning by Riverbend. I decided that I wanted to know more about the place, Tikrit. It was first mentioned on page 63 and it said, "Suddenly, they showed American Troops standing solemnly in a 9/11 Memorial Service being held in...Tikrit (wher Saddam was ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/04/09/26/ Dear Riverbend,                         After reading your past blogs about your living situation and many other topics I have been forever changed. I couldn’t believe how “ignorant” our media has been over this whole war. They have made me feel “ignorant” as well since I have never been correctly educated on your ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/04/07/an-open-letter-to-riverbend-hw-35/ Baghdad Burning: A girl blog from Iraq. New York: Feminist Press, 2005.   The author of this book is a girl from Iraq who calls herself, Riverbend. This book was written online as a blog, so that she could talk about her feelings about the war and also show and tell ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/04/02/hw-33-annotated-bibliography-for-baghdad-burning/ In the foreword to Baghdad Burning, Soueif talks a lot about the book and what it is all about. It talks about how the book has a serious impact, and is a very sad read. I liked how the foreword not only explains kind of what the book is going ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/03/31/hw-32-riverbend-opened-my-eyes-on-the-war/ HW 30:   I don’t know if I exactly have “A room of my own”. But I do have my own bedroom where I can go and no one will really bother me there, other than back home, I don’t think I have much privacy, especially at college. Woolf believes that every ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/03/26/hw-30-not-so-much-privacy-for-me/ With apologies to Virginia Woolf: The blog that I would like to ponder is from the website called, Jezebel. This very explicit site had many interesting blogs but one simply caught my eye. I began idly reading the blog which was called,  ELLE’s “Intelligent Women” Issue Is Kinda, Well, Dumb.”.  This ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/03/25/hw-28-jezebel-women-are-not-all-perfect/ After reading Chapter Two in Virginia Woolf's, A Room of One's Own, I found one really challenging element which I was very interested in which was, Patriarchy. I have been learning alot about Women's Rights and Patriarchy in one of my classes this semester, so while reading this chapter it ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/03/11/hw25-patriarchy-in-chapter-2/ The paragraph that I found very interesting was the third paragraph on page 84. I found this paragraph very interesting because people were going crazy, worrying about if the Salem Pax was killed in bombing and attacks due to our military against Iraq. I thought this was a bit ridiculous, ... http://keeneweb.org/xoyankeesxo/2008/03/05/hw22-international-blogging/