Effects+Of+War

__Baghdad Burning__
In the book, __Baghdad Burning__ by Riverbend, Riverbend describes the effects of war in her home country. To start, before the war around 50% of college students were females, and over 50% of the working force was composed of women. That's not the case anymore. Riverbend describes that there is now an increasing amount of fundamentalism in Iraq. Before the war there was a rough estimate saying that around 55% of females wore a hijab, head scarfs. Now that percentile is increasing significantly because husbands and fathers what to protect their wives, sisters, and daughters from danger. There has been cases although where wannabe [|Mullahs] came out with a "fatwa" that declared all females should wear the [|hijab] and if they didn't they could be subject to "punishment." Another result of war, according to Riverbend, is that many people have turned even more faithfully to religion. The first and foremost reason is because of fear. Fear of war, fear of death, and fear of a fate worse than death. Riverbend describes that if she didn't have something to believe in during the war, she would have lost her mind. Since the war, Riverbend also describes how much more strict the M.I.B.T (men in black turbans) have become about women being covered. She describes how they leer around and sometimes jeer at the ones not wearing a hijab or who's skirts aren't long enough. In some areas in the Middle East, girls risk being attacked with acid if their clothes aren't "proper."

__**Don't give up on Afghanistan**__ In the article "Don't give up on Afghanistan", Mr. Hosseini explains that if he is an expertise it would be in the inner lives of the characters in his books. When the novelist stands before a podium he certainly knows that the question "Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future of Afghanistan?" is going to be asked. The effects of war differ on Mr. Hosseini in society because he stalls when that question is asked, he doesn’t have an answer ready but when he does have answer he quotes "One that in the end amounts to the verbal version of a shrug." To say that you are optimistic about Afghanistan opens you to charges of being hopelessly naive. Comment such as did your country produces 93 percent of the world’s opium, Are you aware of the corruption in government?? and etc. Pessimistic shows the positive development that have taken place. Pessimistic or optimistic? Mr.Hosseini says maybe it is too early, such years after September 11th to ask such a question about a country that is till recovering from nearly 30 years of war, famine, drought, extremism, lawlessness and massive displacement.

__Osama__
In the movie __Osama__, just like the book __Baghdad Burning__ and the article "Don't give up on Afghanistan", there are also many effects on war in it. To start, in the Movie the Taiban are even more strict than before the war about woman being covered and escorted though town with a man. They make it very obvious that if a woman is not covered and is walking about without a man, that she will be punished. The Taliban also see it as insulting to see a woman uncovered if she has a husband. If a woman were to walk around the streets unprotected, there would be a very good chance that she would be taken from the Taliban and punished greatly. Also since the war, woman were not aloud to work, and if they were caught doing a mans job, they would also be taken away and punished. The punishments for each "crime," vary for how bad they break the rules.

Affects of war differ on individual’s position in society by the way it is demonstrated. If a person has a very low position in society, their affects towards war would be quite different than a person who is higher in society. A person actually in the war would be demonstrated differently than a person apposed to the war.
 * __Clear Thesis__**

**__Bibliography__**
__Islam.__ The Institute of Islamic Information and Education P.O. Box 41129: Ahmad H. Sakr, 2005. __Muslims.__ Utah: wgbh educational foundation, 2005. __Baghdad Burning.__ 1. 1st ed. 2003