questions for 7daughters & 7 sons (1-28)

1.)What impacts of Quran on Arabic literature can you sought out in this book. Think of the beginning/ start of the book?
A:The Quran is impacted on the literature in this book, mainly when the character are thankful for everything. And the Quran tells us to be thankful for everything Allah Has given.
2). How is Islam influenced by this text. Give 3 instances/moments where this happens. 
A: One example is When Fatimah in the beginning of the story tells Buran That "Allah Will provide for us"
A second is when the Uncle tells the father that" Allah Has blessed him beyond his beliefs" that's he thankful for what Allah gave him. Another is when the mother is telling her daughter to have faith in Allah and not complain. In Islam we Believe in Allah And Only Allah! 
3. Why is Fatimah crying? What ill-fate is the narrator talking about?
A: she was devastated when she heard her uncle's words about her an her sisters. How nobody wants to marry them because of them being poor. Now she lost fate in getting married.  
4. Burhan is talking to herself, after having a short conversation with her father. She says, " It wouldn't have been  a mistake three hundred years before, or two hundred years before, or even hundred years before". What is she referring to here? What was the short conversation father and daughter had?
A; She's refering to Back in history when the women could of accomplish anything they have dreamed of. And if they were in those days Buran could have help herself and family.

To be or Not to be

Being a Somali muslim girl living in America, you sometimes find yourself wondering if you can fill the gap between your parents and the american culture. You sometimes ask yourself?, can you be a somali muslim girl while you can still have your "somali" values and mingle it with the american culture?. I think it's possible, beacuse i consider myself to be an american. You don't have to isolate one culture and embrace the other while your living in another country. You have to balance things out and "shape" and customize your identity. I'm not saying that you have to change yourself in order to fit the norm, but rather, not to act deaf, dumb, and blind.

Video response questions

1) three things i learned about the videos

• females must stay at home and take care of their kids and house
• they try not to be rich, but have simple lifestyle
• they dont allow their kids to go for big degrees

2) How these video help me better understand Asher's family and the community he lives in I see that Asher is not the typical jew kid but he trying to go aginest all norms.

3)

• Asher goes to all boys school
• how Asher's mom act like a jew mother
• men must pray 3 times a day, while women only pray once
• stores are owned by jews
• everyting in yiddish language

4)what i would like to explore more is the reason why jew's dont allow drawing.

“Alone” By Edgar Allan Poe

1.Environment
2.Family
3.Culture
4.Identity
5.Desire


  You could find a lot of  themes in the book My Name is Asher Lev , but I'm only going to talk about one theme thats going on so far in the book which is religion. Asher lev has to choose between two important things in life. Even though Asher is young and does not fathom and grasp the understanding of this world, he is still able to make up his mind on whether art tramps religion. Asher chose art because that was the only way he can express his feelings because he belives that he was born with this gift and its part of him and that there is no way he could lose it.

  Asher Lev's desire or passion for his art is really strong and seems like nothing can breake it, but he has a little conflect with his father because his father is a strong beliver and works for somone that is very imoporant and very dear to the Jewish communiry which is the Rebbe. Asher's father works for the Rebbe. Asher is expacted to follow and obey the rules that are set out for them (the jewish faith).

  One of the main or big things that the hasidic Jews do not allow and forbidden in their belive is drawing or anything that has to do with that concept. Although, Asher is told multiple times to not draw, he still continues to do the same thing and ignites his passion for drawing. One time, he was caught drawing the Rebbe in a evil, unpleasant way and he got in trouble. Eventhough he was confronted by others, he still continued to draw. The artistic side of him is unstoppable and ready to take any challenge for his affection and love of the arts.

6 Characteristics

1.loves drawing

2.honest

3.respectful

4.rebellious
5.truthful
6.jewish