HW 33: Iraqi Teen's Work Response

The post I have decided to review is, “Iraqi Teens Work to Help Their Families.” This is from the series ‘Alive in Baghdad”, and was published on October 15, 2007. This podcast deals with Iraqi teens painting and helping their family with the workload, but these kids are not ordinary. They are very young for their age and very intelligent about world affairs and what is going on in their country. Mustafa Malek is 14 years old and in the 6th grade but is already helping his father and uncle paint furniture. He learned how to paint from just watching his father and uncle do it for some odd years, which is very impressive for a young child to do. He touches upon the fact that the security situation is difficult and that it is very hard for people in Iraq to protect them. Other teen talks about how it would take an hour to get to work now, when it used to only take a half an hour. This is depressing to hear that kids are put in these situations but from what I see in the background of this podcast it seems that they are very good at what they do. I saw all sorts of different projects they were working on; chairs tables and etc. The one message that you have to get from this podcast is to stop supporting terrorism and smuggling of objects into their country because it directly affects these children. But no matter how bad their situation is they are able to make a negative a positive and help for the common good of Iraq.