The last day of the work

I'm so upset because today is the last day of the work. On the first day of work, I was so nervous, but when I met Henny,Shuan,Nabin,and Thao, I was so happy because I felt like I was with my brothers and sisters. Then I met Cyndi and she looked like the mother. Now I am so upset because I will miss my sisters, brothers, and other mother. I will miss my office and computer. The people at my work are friendy. They are also so cute and very good. They like coffee and have nice likeable faces because they smile a lot. They love to teach and they love the hard working. I love to work with them. They teach me a lot about blogs and English. I also have a lot of fun at work and I want to say that I am so happy to know about every one. I Thank you god to know these people and I will never forget them in my life. I am so happy. Thank you sincerely for every thing you have given me to help me know more about English and blogs.

Thank you my other family.

This is a video about a girl who went out with her family to have a picnic. After she swam alone, she saw her whole family being killed... I have deactivated the comment option on the video ..

Chid Labor in Africa

Child Labor in Africa
Child Labor is a big problem in this world, millions of children are put to work in dangerous locations and are put in unhealthy conditions.
Out of all the places in the world, 28% of child laboring occurs in Africa. Children from ages 5-14 are involved in working, some to make money for their family, and some to live. Most girls work as housemaids or in the market, some are treated as slaves and work all day and night peddling goods for marketing or caring for the young. Some of them were also threatened and psychologically abused, including death threats and warnings that they would never see their parents again.
Most child laborers in Africa are working in agriculture at Nigeria in the cocoa fields. Nearly half of the chocolate produced in the United States come from the cocoa that the labors harvested. The human rights watch has interviewed boy and girl child labors from Nigeria about what they do. Though some children escaped, they still end up living on the streets or pleading to sleep at the home of strangers. Others volunteering to work after the pleading of their parents to escape their severe poverty.
Young Togolese boys couldn't afford to pay the school fees and then agreed to do agricultural work in Nigeria. They would work up till thirteen hours of work a day, cutting brushes, planting seeds, or plowing dirt. They've be free in about eight months to two years! They been given a bicycle when they've been let go, and were told to use it to peddle home. Some kids were able to return home, but they've been paid at minimum wage and are in and unhealthy condition

Today I want to talk about what I have been doing this summer. I've been working at the Iowa Department of Human Rights. I have also been attending DMACC on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and go to tutoring on Mondays. At DMACC I take speech and computer classes. In speech class, I write about my goals for the future. I think DMACC is so small because compared to my hometown, Baghdad, I get tutored in the subjects of math and reading. I have improved my writing and reading skills in English. My tutors are very nice and helpful. I want to thank everyone for everything they have provided me in the process of learning English. I'm so happy because I now know many things about the English language and the work experience. I'm so happy to know more people. At my job , I interview people and write about them. I take pictures. I do this because I want to know more about their life. I want to be a journalist and write about people ,so I want the people to know more about something new.

Thank you for every thing sincerely

What I like to eat

Today I want to talk about what I like to eat. I like to eat different foods from all over the world. I like to eat Iraqi , Jordan ,Chinese ,and American food. I love food.

Yesterday, I went with my friends at work to the Iowa State Capital. It was so fun because this was my 11th time and I already knew a lot of information about the Iowa State Capital. Here is some information about the Iowa State Capital: The capital of the state of Iowa is Des Moines. It is a pretty big city and the capital building has a gold top. People have actually tried to climb to the top and cut gold off a piece, but the cops came and arrested them. It's a fun town with a good amount of people. Iowa is known as "The Hawkeye State".

REFUGEES IN IOWA

A iraq war video/photo

A short film about the war in Iraq and the psychopaths that have killed so many for power and profit.

The war in Iraq

Here is some research I found online regarding the war in Iraq:

AS WORLD WAR II was drawing to a close in February 1945, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Saudi King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud met aboard a U.S. battleship in the Suez Canal for the first time. For nearly six decades afterward, the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enjoyed an unusually close relationship. U.S. companies, which had discovered black gold in the Saudi desert in the early 1930s, built the kingdom into the world's leading petroleum exporter and a major source of oil for the U.S. market. The Saudis, in turn, made their territory and military facilities available to U.S. forces in order to assure U.S. protection of the House of Saud.
That "special relationship" was buried in the ashes of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers who participated in the 9/11 attacks were Saudi nationals, and the mastermind, Osama bin Laden, is the scion of one of the kingdom's most prestigious families--two facts that exposed Saudi Arabia to withering criticism in the U.S. Congress and the U.S. media. The largest contingent of "enemy combatants" picked up by U.S. forces in Afghanistan as they swept aside the Taliban regime in late 2001 turned out to be Saudi. And many of the suicide bombers who have killed U.S. troops in Iraq since Saddam Hussein was ousted in 2003 have been Saudis, too. Unlike many other Arab and Muslim countries--including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Pakistan--Saudi Arabia is today not even designated as a major non-NATO ally. Washington and Riyadh speak of a "strategic dialogue," a diplomatic term of art that obscures whether the two governments think of themselves as friends or foes.
After viewing the United States as its primary source of security for decades, the Saudi royal family regards it today as a major cause of insecurity. The Saudi government is struggling to determine how close to the United States it wants, or can afford, to be. Since 9/11, Riyadh has become increasingly distrustful of Washington and far more assertive in pursuing its own interests. Above all, it does not want to be branded Washington's moderate ally in the Arab world-- a label that the Bush administration sought to apply in order to cast the kingdom as its close partner in a struggle against Iran. Saudi Arabia is seeking to forge partnerships with China, Europe, Russia, and regional powers such as Pakistan and Turkey and no longer grants Washington as much influence in determining its defense and foreign policies. It wants the U.S.-Saudi relationship to be normal, rather than special.THE U.S.-SAUDI partnership began to unravel even before the shock of 9/11. Soon after George W. Bush took office, Crown Prince Abdullah-- who became king in August 2005--grew angry with Washington for not paying serious attention to the Middle East peace process. In August 2001, he threatened to freeze Saudi political and military cooperation with the United States unless Bush took action to revive the faltering negotiations. In response, Secretary of State Colin Powell declared in November that the United States would pursue a new policy, supporting the Saudi goal of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel--an idea that was later formalized in Abdullah's 2002 peace plan offering Israel normalization of relations with the Arab world in return for a withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders. But Bush did nothing to promote that objective until the November 2007 Annapolis conference, and even that belated initiative produced no concrete results.

I feel so sad when I write about my country and I always ask why it happens? I want my god to help and save my country forever.

Thank you

The Best Weekend

The last weekend was the best weekend in the U.S. It was really fun. We went to see the baseball game and watch fireworks. The game was at night time between the Nashville Sounds and the Iowa Cubs. The game was interesting because both teams were competitive. When the game was over, there were a big fireworks. It was really unbelievable. I really enjoyed the game as well as the fireworks. On the next day, me and Nabin got a chance to visit the Blank Park Zoo of Des Moines. The zoo was really beautiful and full of animals, birds, fish, insects etc. We were lucky to see the birdman and his work in the zoo. We saw a lot of things that he performed in the zoo. It was so fun. On the next day, I went to the swimming pool with my friends and it was so fun in the pool. My weekend was so fun and I am so happy.

This is a video of animals doing funny things (I didn't make it)
Alright! Here is another funny animals compliation. Aren't animals funny?---When they do funny things anyway. Well here's some more funny animals! Have a good day with funny animals!

This movie has a lot of information about the big problem the refugees in Darfur have. In June 2008, after a night of terror in a Darfur refugee camp in Chad (terror was perpetrated by refugees living there), a group of courageous women living there decided to speak out. Here is where the video begans:

This movie is about drugs and alcohol. It is about a person who did drugs and drank alcohol. Here are some of the reasons why he drank alcohol and did drugs: he wanted to be popular and to establish a reputation, and he was going to hold on to that reputation no matter what.

Today I want to talk about my work. I work in the Status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage department. My work is so fun. What I'm doing in my work is that I write a lot of things and I do interviews with people. The people I work with are so nice and kind. They help me a lot. They also are so friendy and they like coffee. They have nice likeable faces. They are also so cute. The first time on I came to work, it was so hard but then it became easy because the people that work here are so nice.

I did an interview with someone in my circle of friends. Angela is a nice woman. The interview with her was so fun and she told me a lot of information about the refugees in the U.S. She told me how hard it is to live in another place and not having any information about how your life will change. She told me about my family and she said that my family was so kind and nice. Then she said that she loves my family.

Michael Jackson Ghost At Neverland

My family

Hi,today i want to talk about my family. I have the best family in the world. My family are a happy family and we all understand each other. I have tow sisters and three brathers. We all like soccer and we all in soccer team. We all miss our country and our family. My old brather hashim hi is 17 years old and he want to be a Hip Hop dancer. My other brather Abdulla he is 14 years old he want to be a math teacher. My other brather Ali he is 5 years old he is so cute and he is a great dancer. My sister Basma she is 11 years old she want to be a heart doctor or. My other young sister Rania she is 6 years old and she is so cute and she is always shy she is very good at panting so i think when she going to be old she will be very good at art. My mom she is very good at cooking and she is very nice to everyone she see she is not just my mom she is my best friend and my dad he is really cool father and he also love took. Both mom and dad work very hard here in America. They work for us so we can go to school, so we can buy what we want and for to start our life. I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH

About Jordan

Jordan is one of the Middle East countries, which is bordered by Israel and West Bank to the west, Iraq to the northeast, Syria to the north, and by Saudi Arabia to the south and eastern part. The country of Jordan is comprised mostly of barren, waterless flat terrains in the east and raised grounds or highland regions in the west. Since Jordan is one of the desert countries, the climate within Jordan is hot and dry. Because of its individual geographical character along with its well-preserved locations, a multitude of prehistoric places, the presence of desert palaces, and its rich culture, Jordan continues to be one of the major travel destinations in the world.

Jordan Tourist Attractions

Amman

Amman is the capital of Jordan, most of the time regarded as the white city. Today because of the prevailing building constructions of the modern period, excellent tourist amenities and hotels are continuously branching out particularly in the jabal sections of Amman. The main attraction in Amman is the presence of the Roman amphitheater from the second century Ad located in the city center.

Petra

Nabateans mostly built this unique city, which is amazingly carved in a mountain, during the fifth and sixth centuries BC. The huge rocks delicately colored, most of them pink are some of the distinctive features of this mountain carved city. There are many structures in this city that are also major sites of interests including the Royal Tombs, Monastery, the High Place of Sacrifice, and the Roman Theatre. The most renowned part of Petra is Al Khazneh famously known as the Treasury, which has been chosen as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
The Dead Sea

Located 1286 ft below sea level, The Dead Sea is considered to be the lowest point on earth. Tourists because of the belief and teachings that the Biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are underneath its waters frequent this place. The Dead Sea shimmers by day and night in a strange and dried out land. This creepy atmosphere is one of the reasons why travelers never missed out seeing the place.

Wadi Rum

Situated in the south of Jordan, aside from the things to see, Wadi Rum is a place where travelers can splurge themselves on sports activities like rock-climbing.

Madaba

For travelers who are keen on seeing religion related places, Madaba is the home of some religious sites like the Jordan River, where John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ and Mount Nebo.

There are still many places of interests that are worth visiting in Jordan. Indeed, Jordan is worth a visit when considering a travel to a Middle East country.

4th of July

The second day of July in 1776

The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.

*demanding teachers*

These are our most demanding English teachers. The most demanding teachers are friendy. They are happy and talk to us outside of class. They are also so cute and very good. They like coffee and have nice, like able faces because they smile alat. They are very stimulating to the students evry day. These teachers persuade us to follow the rules, to practice English, to stay in school and to graduate. They love to teach the students and they love the hard working students. Our most demanding teachers want us to learn English. These teachers do not want students to be late for class. They don't want the students to waste their time because teachers know that ESL students don't practice alot of English outside of class. Most students have less than 30 hours of English class each week. Time can not wait.

The lazy students and demanding teachers

Today i want to talk about the demanding teacher who have lazy students. The student is very lazy and neglect. The teacher is how to help the student. The lazy students they don't want to worke hard and they are not smart in class. The demanding teachers be very angry because some students are they did'nt want to work hard. The teachers are work very hard but some students are very lazy and neglect so the teachers be very frastarted and their confused and then the teachers is how to help and how to learn. The smart students be very upset because they saw the lazy students not stimubting every day. The lazy students are how to successful their future and that is big problem. The smart students are sad because when they saw the teachers very frustrated and they don't want to work hard and they don't want to learning.

My school in Iowa.

Hi,my name is Farah.Iam a student at east high school and Center camps.I have seven classes.My favorite class is math. Mr.Lee is my math theater. He speaks English and spanish. six girls and four boys are in my math class. The boys and the girls speaks different languages and they teach me how to speaks their language. my school has a cafeteria and three gyms. There are many classrooms in my school and there is a big library. The library is my favorite place in school. The library has many books and computers. I like to use the computers in the library. I have lots of frinds in my school and I have verey nice teachers in my school. I love my school.

My name is Farah my favorite sports is soccer I start play soccer on I'm in Jordan I was 12 years old. My team is group of girls we was have allt of games with bous and girls. It was allt of fun on we was play soccer.We was play soccer in the cite or in school and evry week we have games with boys and my team was work so hard. My first game was with boys it was so,so fun on my team on in the first game and that time the boys they mast to bring something for the girls and all my team was want the ball they have. This was the end of my story in Jordan with MY TEAM SOCCER
thank you.