A Star from Mosul

First, my school, still the same.. I took a close look into the water, I think if this lasted any longer, we can plant things in it!

Anyway, mom came to school today and talked to the mistress.. HNK was sick and she had to take the day off, and I've been pushing mom to do something for our school, so she came. The mistress said that there's nothing she could do that she didn't do. She called everywhere.. She also said that our new school will be finished sometime on March! What will we do till then? Something some of you didn't know is that our school always floods, but not like this (At least not in the last few years-- Teachers say it once flooded to more than half a meter height). It is located in the lowest part of the neighborhood, which makes all the water gather in it. Today, they made a whole in the wall and put a big pipe into the water, and started sucking (I'm sure this is not the right word for it).. After a while, they went away. It's either that they gave up, or that the water filled their vehicle that they'll go and come back later. For more information about my school, I've written some posts about it before.. Here is a link to all:

http://astarfrommosul.blogspot.com/2004/10/back-to-school.html

And when I say there's no solution, it means, no one, not parents and not anyone can fix the problem.. That's what the new school is for. But we still need a place to go to! Where?

Latest photos, here:

This photo shows the mosque of Nabi Yonus I've talked about previously. If you look further, you can see it.


Here, you can see the clothes of the woman who clean our school and her family.. Very nice place and time!


Here is another photo of the school.

Now, let's get inside..


Here, you can see the door of the computers' room, and the door of the room of the one who cleans our school! She's moved upstairs because her house flooded with water.


Here's her washing machine :)


Here's something I don't know! All this is in our school!




Here's how she cooks..


And here's a close look to the clothes..


Here are my and my friend's new bags.. They gave every student a bag with stationary in it, some are very good things.. And this black thing in the middle is 10 copy books.




And here's our new school, just infront of our school.. :)

Aya came today, and since I feel that I'm getting sick, I am not getting so close to her.. As always, she looks adorable, and her cheeks always look more pink than her pink blouse!




About Syria, I can't say that I feel anything towards her, although all the criminals we see on TV say that the Syrian Mukhabarat sent them.. And although they say that Syria is the one who killed Al-Hariry. And this is for two reasons:

* I, as and Arab Muslim, always take the blame. Whatever happens in the world, we're the ones to be blamed.. And whether some individuals did it or other non-Arab parties did it, we're always guilty, and no one would believe that we're innocent. Simply because we're Muslim Arabs.

Arabs are being called terrorists because some crazy groups are doing things in their name.. Good examples are Saddam and Osama, they both do it as if their country and religion are proud of it.. One of the last inventions of Saddam were T-shirts students wear at school with his photo on it and a sentence that says :"If Saddam said, then Iraq said".. Iraq was somehow seen as Saddam, and although he's gone now, some still treat us that way.

** America fought Iraq, for a reason that still is not proven to exist. But, they (Away from Americans, away from soldiers) still think they're winners.. Saddam's capture is not THE victory.. Although we had him as a dictator, and you have him as a rat. He's no longer being feared of, but we have plenty other Saddams to fear from now.
America needs a stronger reason to occupy Syria, and it'll do what it takes to get that reason, and feed that reason with whatever lies it needs.. War was never a way of life, but it is turning to be, in the middle east, thanks to America.

I see a series on the satellite, The west wing, it's a nice series, and I really like the president in it.. But, the ad of the series (the one that shows what time they show this series) has a scene in which he says, "If yo kill an American, any American, we don't come back with a proportion of response, we come back with a total disaster".. This is what's happening. The blood of the Arabs, or of the non-Americans is so cheap.. The blood of Americans is the one that counts.

The thoughts that strike my head whenever I see a terrorism attack, are always the same, just don't be Arabs.. But I do not feel ashamed of being an Arab, nor a Muslim.. Some of you might think that I'm a religious person, but I'm known in the family (The small one) as the most unreligious person. Mom always fear for me that I'll forget praying, or get used to what I see on TV.. But, I know I won't, because I'm proud of my religion. There must be nothing as a religious person, when you want a religion, be that religion, it's your identity. Seeing someone on TV saying that she's a Muslim who married a Christian, An Iraqi who married an America. Well, she should stop using Islam as her identity, or she shall not marry that guy, unless he changes his religion, or she does!

I'm not turning to another Riverbend, nor joining the Jarrars, I'm Najma, an Arab Muslim, who just can't believe that her neighbors (Syria, which has very, very nice people, and Lebanon, who has very very nice people too) are fighting. Being in a war, for almost my whole life, I can see the war in a different angle than yours, as being set.. And I'm NOT brainwashed..And I think Syria is innocent, and a victim too.

NOTE: I hate politics, I really do hate it, sending political articles to me isn't working, because I do not read them.. Maybe sending them to dad will be better.