Chapter 7

“Have they lifted the curfew.”

I couldn’t imagine this.

“We must go and get our gas masks.”

It so hard for me to conceive this living in peaceful Columbus, Ohio.

“If you can’t beat them join them.” (87)

This quote stuck out to me as extremely powerful.  I like that we are talking about everyday people living in this land, not just the history.

“his misfortune is that he looks exactly like the Israeli West Bank general commander Amram Mitzna.”

This made me laugh, in the middle of a sad story.  Amazing, to say that both chapters have a lot of irony or a warm hearted moral feeling at the end of each chapter.

Chapter 9

“I had explained to him ‘Antar’s need for anti-rabies vaccine.” (109)

This little line is the problem that sets the scene for the entire chapter.

“I did not know which more difficult to end my of the sexist Dr. Hisham, or to start dealing with an Israeli vet.” (112)

Another little problem, so you think.

“Suan, we seem to have a little problem here,” “ Did you say Nura lives in Ramallah.”

I like to discuss these kinds of rules in class.

“Haifa, had spent sixteen years waiting for her Jerusalem ID.”

Wow, and I had thought that obtaining US citizenship was too long of process for an immigrant.

“I pressed m foot on the accelerator…..” (117)

So I guess the moral of the story is never give up, always think of ways to better the situation.  What a direct, concise, and clever chapter!