Let+Freedom+Ring

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ~Abraham Lincoln

Freedom is important to society because, society needs to be able to make its own choices without the government making every decision for them.

Freedom is one of the most important things to man. Most of the people in America have lived with freedom their entire lives and could not imagine what it would be like to live like in the Middle East. Unlike in the U.S., the Middle East has limited freedom if your a woman, but if your a man for the most part you get all the freedom. If your a woman in the Middle East you are treated like a currency for the men. You do not even get an education as a woman in the Middle East unless you are coming from a very wealthy family.

Freedom for woman in the Middle East can be compared to the movie //Osama,// the girl in the movie has to dress and act like a boy just so she can make some money for her family to survive. She puts her life on the line for the rest of her family, because without any men in the family it is pretty much impossible to survive in the Middle East. The woman there cannot even go on the streets to find food without being escorted by a man. If you can consider this being free then you have major problems.

An article by //BBC NEWS// shows the political and civil freedom based on a scale from 1-10 in the Middle East. The Highest was an 8.2 in Israel and a 2.05 in Libya. But some people in the Middle East do not want freedom because they have never had it so they don't know what they are missing, or because they are guys that ave been brain washed by the Taliban.



Freedom can change based on someones personal experiences. If someone in the Middle East has never been anywhere that is free, then they would not know what freedom is which could cause them to hate any free countries. In the book __The Reluctant Fundamentalist,__ the main character Changez comes from Afghanistan to America and makes a name for himself and has all the same rights as other Americans. As soon as September 11th happens, all of that changes and he is looked down upon as a terrorist and his freedom is changed. This personal experience could very well change a mans viewpoint on Freedom. As stated earlier by Abraham Lincoln, If you deny freedom from someone you yourself should not deserve freedom. Which is why all dictators and clan leaders trying to take away freedom from everyone are hippocrits because they have all the unlimited freedom that they want.

__The Reluctant Fundamentalist__ (book) //the movie Osama BBC NEWS artical//