HW 33: Podcast, Challenges at a Girl's School

I chose to watch the podcast called "Challenges at a Girl's School in Baghdad". It was made on May, 21, 2007. The podcast talks about the Al Safina Middle School in Adhamiya serves kids all over Baghdad. In the podcast, the children discuss how regardless of all the violence going on that their education is very important and they plan to keep on learning and keep going to school. The director of Al-Safina, Jinan Jamal Mahmoud discusses that not only schools in Adhamiya have issues but schools in all districts because when the Americans are searching the area, certain roads and bridges are blocked off preventing the children as well as teachers from getting to school on some days. They question on of the girls and ask her if she is afraid of explosions and shooting that she hears and she answered "No" because she is used to the sounds. In many of the district schools, numbers of girls has dropped out and been forced to go to different schools because of the difficulties in getting to school and how is they miss school, it is hard for them to keep up in their studies. When they show the outside of the school, it has murals painted on the outside but not much color, faded almost, not many people outside because of the dangers.

For a viewer watching this video, it can show them the fears and issues that this war is having on young children and how it is even affecting their education which is unnecessary because education is one of the most important thing in a child's life.


http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in-baghdad/