HW 33: Responding to a Podcast

The title of this podcast is Iraqi Teens work to help their families, and it is part of the Alive in Baghdad podcast. This was released on the Internet on October 15, 2007, and I will provide anyone who wants to see this with a link (http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/10/15/iraqi-teens-work-to-help-their-families/) This podcast covers the topic of how kids work to help support their familes, the first young boy is named Hussein Kamal and he showed us some of his carpentry skills, he said that he works with his dad during holidays and showed us his work. Also there is Mustafa Malek and he is fourteen years of age, he also works with his father in carpentry and said that there "was no security" and that "you have to protect yourself." The Iraqi background was as I have seen on TV from the war, dirt, houses made of clay and brick, there was no green grass, very dusty and muddy. This is a very interesting podcast, because it is all in the Iraqi language, it makes it more interesting to hear what they say, not understanding it of course but putting words together. I remember most when Hussein Kamal said "It takes me an hour to get to work, but it should only take a half hour, the route is not secure." I felt bad for him, that he had to walk out of his way to get around the dangers of his home.