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Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar 1/25/2011

My oral presentation is an article for Rosa Brooks called Obama and The World. Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar

2/22/2011

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Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar 2/22/2011 Obama and The World Rosa Brooks who is the author for this article tried to show how the reputation of United States dropped during Bush administrations. The Pew Global Attitudes Project showed how the percentages of the drop in United States‘ reputation in some countries like German, France, Britain, Japan and Turkey. Therefore, the elected president after George W Bush who is Parack Obama, have to deal with this bad reputation. He has to work hard to change the picture of United States. According to Rosa Brooks, Obama will not solve the problems like the tension between the Palestine and Israel, peace in Iraq, and using of nuclear technology in Iran. However, he can make progress in critical issue like nuclear threat reduction, and stability in the Middle East and Central Asia. Not Only Rosa Brooks look to Obama in this way, but also the rest of the world looks the same. In his campaign, the people over the world prefer him more than McCain. Also, they expected that the Obama will return the good reputation for United States as it was on 2000 before George W Bush came to the power. Directly after 2004, a student from California College created a website called sorryeverybody.com to say sorry for the world. He allows Americans to submit photo to say sorry because they reelect George W Bush. Some photo on this website is a man who holds a handwritten note says “Sorry World (We Tried).__Half of America”. On the same website a man from Istanbul put a photo say “APOLOGY ACCEPTED! THANKS FOR OBAMA”. Here is my newsletter as pdf file.  ﻿ Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar ﻿  03/23/11  ﻿  The following file contains the presentation about the social justice topic which is Racism.  ﻿ Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar ﻿  04/19/11   Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar 05/04/2011 I Didn’t Know There Where Cities in Africa! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden;">In this article, the author tries to give a general idea about what people think about Africa especially students. The answers of the students about questions give the impression that Africa is not an urban continent. This idea about Africa is supported in media like movies or series. The author of this article concentrates on US’s student. However, this idea can be seen in different area of the world. In my city which is Alahsa, has the same idea about African country. As a kind of comparison, the idea came from the media especially the television. The audiences of television see a lot of ads about the poor people that need a financial support. The idea that Africa is not an urban content is a stereotype. Therefore, the people consider the African people as uneducated or unable to think like others. The idea may change about other people, but still there is racism about them. For example, American people think that the people who live in Saudi Arabia are rich, but the fact says that not all Saudis are rich. Also, the cities are so beautiful, but the real life reflects the opposite of this idea. The stereotypes about the people especially the people in Africa can lead to affect the way of how people look to the other people. Therefore, the countries should put more effort to eliminate these stereotypes from people’s mind. This can be achieved through classrooms in the schools, or the media. The people can help each other by organized a multicultural conference that help different group of people to know the right information from the correct persons. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar 05/04/2011 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">My Name is Khan <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden;">My Name is Khan is an Indian movie talking about a life of man whose name is Rizwan Khan. He has Asperger’s Syndrome. This Syndrome makes a person does not understand what normal people say. In this movie which is directed by Kara Johan, a child was born with Asperger’s Syndrome in Indian family and he had lived with his mother and his brother who left to America. After the mother’s death, Rizwan joined his brother in America and worked with him. The brother’s wife diagnosed the syndrome as Aspreger’s Syndrome. Rezwan met a Hindu woman called Mandira. He fell in love with Mandira and got marriage her. Mandira has a son called Sameer from previous marriage. The life of this family changed when the attacked of 9/11 happened. The way of how look people to this family changed because they have a family name Khan. The relation between Mandira and Rizwan changed when Sameer was died after he was injured by other student. Mandira put the blame on Rizwan because he is a Muslim and the student killed Sameer because he has Khan as family name. Mandira told Rizwan that she does not want to be with him. Rizwan asked her to stay with him, but she said is impossible until you tell the people and the presedent of United States that he is Khan and he is not a terrorist. Rizwan took this phrase literarily because he has the syndrome and started a journey over the states to meet the president of United States to tell him what she told him to do. Rizwan completed his journey and he successfully completed his journey and returned back to be with Mandira. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden;">Here is my final presentaion as power point file. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Ali Alsubaya SP 1321 Iyengar 05/04/2011  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden;">