Summaries of Tunisia, Egypt, & Libya.

In Tunisia, their ruler, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been  forced to departure into exile after street protests sparked by joblessness, poverty and corruption. There has been reporting a lot of killings and acts of brutality by Tunisian security forces. They have been shooting bystanders and protesters who did not do anything to them to threat their lives. As the days go by, more and more victims are killed by the security forces. It is referred to as the "Jasmine Revolution." “The security forces acted with reckless disregard for human life in all too many cases,” said Malcolm Smart, Director of Amnesty. The revolt has led into a violent crackdown.

In Egypt,  they are going through one of the "most volatile moments of its history." The people have to face their president Hosni Mubarak insecurity reigns. There has been protesting on their governments, high levels of corruption, and poverty. The protesters demand that that he responds to the establishment of a minimum wage, dissolving a parliament that many here view as fraudulently elected, and lifting the country's draconian emergency laws. There has been 50,000 protesters hoping that Mubarak will liberate.

. In Libya, there is a lot of children suffering of anemia because of the unemployment rate. Corruption is rampant and dissidents are brutally suppressed. There president Gadaffi is not on. There side andid is not protecting them. Also currently there is a no fly-zone.

Marriage Is a Private Affair

In “Marriage Is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe, this boy named Nnaemeka who was born in Lagos is in love and engaged to a girl named Nene. In Lagos if you father is still alive when your at the right age for marriage he arranges your marriage with a girl who has good character and a Christian background. Nnaemeka’s father has already found a girl for him to marry, so he does not tell his father about him and Nene. But Nene wants him to write to his father and tell him about the situation. Nnaemeka does not believe it would be a great idea to share that information with him so he goes to see his father and talks to him. Nnaemeka tells his father about Nene and how she has a Christian background and is a very nice person, but his father does not accept. Nnaemeka’s father  says to him that “It is Satan’s work,” he does not believe it is right at all. But Nnarmeka still marries Nene and they have two children. His father does not have any part of there life because to he wishes he had nothing to do with Nene or even his son because of the “mistake” he commited by marrying her.
A story similar is that my aunt does not like my cousins boyfriend because of how is and the choices he makes, but she is still with him. They have a baby together and live together even though my aunt did not approve of it.
Here is more info on arranged marriages in lagos http://www.jaguda.com/tag/arranged-marriage/.

No Witchcraft for Sale Blogg

I think it is amazing how Gideon knew how to heal Teddy's eye. But in a way, I feel that he did not have to give his secrets to the doctor because it was kind of like his thing to be able to say he saved somebody by healing them. But I do think it would have been a very generous thing to do by showing them the root so that there would be a cure for everybody.

Comm11 class blogg

In class....