"Middle East Freewrite"

When I think about the Middle East the first thing that comes to mind is terrorism and different cultures. The Middle East has a completely different set of traditions and outlook on life that we Americans do. Ian Watts talked to our government class about the middle east and about his experiences in Iran and Iraq and then he showed us pictures of where he had been and what he had done. He talked about the different little traditions of the people. Things like how if you show the people the bottom of your feet they take that as a sign of dissrespect. Some of the names that i think about when i think about the Middle East is Sudam Hussain and Assama Bin Laddin but that isn't really a good thing that when i think abou the Middle East all i think about is bad people. There are good people from the Middle East as Well. I saw a movie where a undercover agent in a terrorist cell from the middle east cant stop a suicide bombing so when he tells all the suicide bombers where to go he tells them to all get on the same bus. The terrorist cell was going to blow up a lot of different busses at the same time to scare the U.S. and the only thing that they agent could think of doing was to put all the bombs on the same bus so that is what he did. Thinking about the music of the Middle East i think about a more twangy sound of music and a more traditional style. The technology of the Middle East i think is about the same as ours but when we think about their technology we dont think that they have cellphones or computers but in actuality they almost all have cell phones and they have just about as much technology as we do. it is snowing outside and i am really excited to go SKIING!!!!! i cant think of anything else


The thing I think I might be surprised to learn about the Middle East is how their traditions from the past impact their lives today.