Gender Roles In I Am Malala And From Behind The Veil

When you used to think of the Middle East you would think about oil, clothes, and minerals made there. Now you think of war. In the Middle East, the U.S. had troops down in Iraq during the war. Finally, that war of eight years ended. According to The Middle East Mess by Patricia Smith, “But the celebration seems to have been premature,” (Smith, 2). What she means by this is that a civil war had broken out in Syria. It was between the Shiite and Sunni Muslims. Another war that had been going on was the Arab-Israeli war. According to the Primer on Palestine they were fighting for who controlled the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The stories used are I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, From Behind the Veil by Dhu’l Nun Ayyoub, The Swimming Contest by
In this the characters make choices on gender role (education and veils), war, and religion. Using their morals, the choices the character make are based on their personal and cultural beliefs.
The characters in I Am Malala and From Behind the Veil make choices about gender roles based on personal or cultural beliefs. Through gender roles we see education (I Am Malala) and wearing veils (From Behind the Veil and I Am Malala). In the middle east, getting an education is very difficult; especially for women. Both education with men and women have drastically increased but before it was a hassle. It looked poorly upon women going to school, even much so that there would be consequences. For both boys and girls, the Education for Global Development says, “...enrollment increased by 60 percent following the elimination of primary school fees,” (The World Bank, Education for Global Development). The first book that shows choices about gender role is I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. It shows this through education. This book is the true story of a girl
The Primer on Palestine says that the Arabs and Israelis were fighting in a war for land. Both of them wanted to control the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The first story that shows this is The Swimming Contest by Benjamin Tammuz. The narrator is making choices both culturally and personally. He shows is actions culturally because he chose to be a soldier in a war against other religions which shows he is being a soldier for his side. Another reason is he says, “We are out for peace, not was,” (Tammuz, 423). When he says we he is talking about Jewish people, his cultural, and saying that as a whole they aren’t trying to do anything bad to others. The way the narrator acts personally is that when he has the choice of killing an Arab who he knows. He acts with his own conscience which is he should not kill him cold blood. So, as a child the narrator acts culturally by saying his culture is not trying to do anything harmful to others. If someone’s culture was accused of something anyone would defend them and their people. Also, as an adult he acts culturally because he becomes a soldier for his side of the war. Lastly, the narrator acts personally because when you know someone you would not kill them; no matter their