Tamim Ansary

The Importance of Family The value of family seems to be obvious in every culture around the world. After watching the film, Kite Runner and exploring other materials, it is rather noticeable that the value of family is very important to the Afghan culture. The sense of family roots has driven many to do things they otherwise would not have done. Families may be the primary motivators for some people, either as heroic models or as people whom they fear to disappoint. Regardless of what one’s family

With rising tension in the Middle East, there is a surge in Western Ideology coming to the East and vice versa. When reading West of Kabul, East of New York an Afghan American Story by Tamim Ansary, and watching He Named Me Malala the documentary of Malala Yousafzai, it became evident how people who were raised in the East are trying to cope with the fact that they’re becoming essentially Americanized, but also trying to hold on to their roots. With both cases, it is clear that within the Middle

“There’s no one here yet and the floor’s completely engulfed, we’re on the floor and we can’t breathe.” Those were the words of people who died on September 11TH. For many years, Arab and Arab-Americans are one of the most stereotyped in America. Many of these stereotypes have been created by events that have happened throughout history. Stereotypes are an image of a particular type of person or thing. Events in history, such as the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Patriot act, and the Iranian

there are many ways in which children learn. Author Tamim Ansary says in his article More Art, Better Schools that, “according to Howard Gardener's theory of multiple intelligences, there are at least seven distinct types of intelligence, maybe more. The mainstream, art-poor school curriculum caters to students with logical or linguistic intelligence. And the kids in whom spatial, social, or some other intelligence dominates? They get left out” (Ansary). If classes would involve activities that

away from a student 's social life, family time, and limits participation in sports or other activities. The amount of homework a teacher can give to a student should be restricted, and only assigned due to necessity. Critically acclaimed author Tamim Ansary reports that since 1981, the amount of homework given to the average sixth grader has increased by more than fifty percent.

Two hundred and sixty-seven years ago began a time of innovation and invention, as well as the adoption of social theories which brought about change that is seen in the footings of nearly every society today. However, even in times of human advancement which seemed to be for the better, devastating consequences were still seen across the world, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. Hidden in the shadows of history is a dark reality that resulted from advancements made by man; a reality of

true depth of the chaos is too much to go into here. Loewen only scratches the surface when he describes the boondoggle that is the school textbook in his introduction. In an article titled “A Textbook Example of What’s Wrong with Education,” Tamim Ansary takes it a step further. He describes in detail what Loewen only lightly touched on. It’s real “inside baseball” type stuff, or probably more accurately described as “how the sausage is made.” He describes the biggest issue as ensuring that

Middle Eastern Literature The way of life in Afghanistan is very different from life in America. The conflicts, transformations, and aspects of human condition from the excerpts of The Kite Runner as well as the articles and poems discussed in class provide a deeper understanding of what life is really like in the Middle East. A conflict in literature is defined as any struggle between two opposing forces. The Kite Runner is filled with both internal and external conflicts that gives the reader insight

the girl to have true love, and Rikki-Tikki wanted to be a true mongoose, killing and eating snakes. However all three were able to go through these obstacles and reach their goals. Farah Ahmedi The Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi with Tamim Ansary, is about a young girl (Farah) who’s had a hard childhood and overall life. She fights her way to freedom,even with many obstacles standing in the way. During her childhood, she lost her leg by stepping on a landmine, and then lost her father and

Introduction Over the course of human history, wars have always created, destroyed or enveloped nations, states or empires. Examples of these include the Final War of the Roman Republic, which culminated with the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE, to the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 which created a unified German state. However, World War One is known to have had the greatest impact on human civilization. It dragged in almost every continent into the conflict, halted global trade, led to the demolition