AMNQ-Blog #5

'"I'm scared.' she whispers.' I'm scared for Abba." (page 66)

I really like these sentences because it shows that Aisha is not perfect under all of her fashionable clothes. In this part of the book when Nadira asks Aisha if something is wrong they both sound like sisters who care about each others feeling. It shows that even though Aisha is mean to Nadira and calls her names Nadira still takes time in her day to make sure that Aisha is okay. At the end of the chapter 8, that is one of my favorite scenes from the book so far when they are on the 7 train and Nadira inches a little closet to Aisha.

Wetback (the movie)

I really like this movie so far. It really makes me appreciate living in the U.S. because people struggle to get here. In the movie Wetback the borders to each country were very simple. Some borders just looked like a hike Another border was just a simple fence, that had a whole in it. In AMNQ there is a sentence on page 10 which is "After I laid the map open on the dining table, Abba showed us the thick arteries of highways, the spidery blue line of the border." On a map the borders are different colors are usually blue or red. I think it is so interesting how you can easily run your fingers around a border but some borders in life are really hard to cross.

AMNQ-Blog #4

A couple of sentences from chapter 6:
"'When I get my residency, will the man on the street look at me any different? Will I get a better job?' He leans over and stares at me, hard. 'Look around you, Nadira. What do you see? Everyone is going home." (page 44)

I really liked this because it was very descriptive and serious, I felt like I was a fly on the wall and I could hear and see everything that was going on in the room. I liked how the author did not answer the questions Uncle asked Nadira because it gave me a chance to answer the questions and not let me just go along with what Nadira would say. When Uncle asked Nadira the question "When I get my residency will the man on the street look at me any different?" I don't think that people will look at him any different. The reason why I don't think that anyone will treat him or anyone differently is because of his race, culture and what he looks like. I think that this stereotype should be "banished" because it is not nice and I think that some people are are being stereotyped get hurt.

Words That Are Mentioned That I Am Not Familiar With

In Ask Me No Questions they have mentioned some words that I have not heard of. Some of the words are...

Kameez: A traditional dress worn my both women and men. A kameez is a long tunic or shirt.

Sitar: It is a long hollow neck instrument played with a wire wick.

Kurta: A traditional item of clothing worn by some Bangladesh.  It is a loose shirt which lays above or near your knees. 

Ramadan: It is an Islamic religious holiday that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.  The people who participate in this holiday fast, they do not eat or drink until sunset.

AMNQ-Blog #3

"Taslima's not American born, but it's like almost like she is.  She goes to Queens College, and Ma's always clucking over the way Taslima dressed in low-low hip-hugger jeans and tight black T-shirts."   (page 39)

These two sentences really stood out to me because if I saw someone dressed like Taslima I probably wouldn't say anything, unless her jeans were REALLY low.  It is interesting how from other people's eyes they see things a lot differently then I do.  I am sure that if I went to Bangladesh I would not see people dressing the same way here and the people their would wonder why I am dressed so weird.  I wonder how Aisha and Nadira's family responded to people's clothes when they first came to the United States?

Sarah made a good point!

Sarah, I totally agree with what you on your blog. You said how it doesn't matter how hard we fight at the end of the day we are still one planet and that will never change.  I think this is a really good point to make because right now we are having a war.  Good point to make and thanks for making that sentence a little more understandable for me. 

AMNQ-Blog #2

"Look at those people.  They're all overweight and from their skin color you know they've got diabetes and high blood pressure and God knows what else."    (page 26)

While I was reading chapter 4 this sentence stood out to me a lot.  I think Aisha made a really rude comment about the people around her at the all you can eat buffet.  I found this really rude because she is judging people by their outside and not their inner beauty.  When I was reading the next few paragraphs in the book it started to talk about how Nadira is a little overweight too.  I don't think that Aisha should have made this comment in the first place knowing that her sister is overweight too. Besides the point of Aisha talking about the overweight people I thought that Marina Budhos did a really good job of describing the scene in the book.