What to you want U.S. children to know?

[Zayam]

Salama-laikum!

As many of you may know, part of my work is teaching children in the United States about Pakhtunkhwa. I have brief opportunities to speak to children of all ages. People here on the Pacific Northcoast do want to be informed, yet we all deal with western media which is not always free of prejudice and therefor slanted.

What message would you like me to give to them? And their parents?

Dera Manana for your responses-

Zayam

[Toramana]

Put a simple question to them i.e., how is it possible that a destitute people in a remote corner of the world i.e., FATA, Pukhtunkhwa, etc. that can hardly manage to make both ends meet and arrange for the day-to-day expenses of the household can fight(at the same time) the world's mightiest armies i.e., US/NATO and Punjabi army of Pakistan with almost unlimited resources and infinite amount of arsenal?

Tell them, it is actually Pashtuns caught and being killed and humuliated in the cross-fire between the regional -Islamist ambitions of the Punjabi army of Pakistan and the global objectives of US/NATO.

[unknownprince]

No one has to apologize or explain themselves. The real terrorists are ones that drop bombs from planes and kill thousands.

No Afghan needs to explain to an American kid that they are not terrorists. The American kids should be explaining to them that their society is apathetic.

And last I heard, ignorance is guilt.

[IamDZJ]

^ by God, woman.. you are addicted to pity!

[ayub]

^ lol

[IamDZJ]

^ lol

I am not maseed and neither was I trying to be funny.

[tor_khan]

Salama-laikum!

As many of you may know, part of my work is teaching children in the United States about Pakhtunkhwa. I have brief opportunities to speak to children of all ages. People here on the Pacific Northcoast do want to be informed, yet we all deal with western media which is not always free of prejudice and therefor slanted.

What message would you like me to give to them? And their parents?

Dera Manana for your responses-

Zayam

I would want American children to know that life expectancy for the average rural Afghan woman during the war years (still at war??) was 44 years by which time if she'd survived destruction, migration, poor diet and living conditions, she would have died, most likely a grandmother several times over before her mid forties with several teeth missing. At 44. [Unicef/AfghanAid]

Life/death etc. are in the hands of Allah; we know that as Muslims, but for all that to happen by the time you are 44 is an extremely hard concentrated life with few educational opportunities (87% illiteracy for rural women) so little social progression.

Just consider.

Our "problems" arise in part from this hardship, so the world must never turn its back on us. More to the point, I guess, the world should not manipulate our sentiments for their own political gain, because that is the deeper immorality.

[afghan]

Salama-laikum!

As many of you may know, part of my work is teaching children in the United States about Pakhtunkhwa. I have brief opportunities to speak to children of all ages. People here on the Pacific Northcoast do want to be informed, yet we all deal with western media which is not always free of prejudice and therefor slanted.

What message would you like me to give to them? And their parents?

Dera Manana for your responses-

Zayam

Zayam wrora thanks for noble work, i dont think its a good idea to discuss any war or politics as most of our members suggested. tell them how hungary our children are for eduacation, they want to play in the same peacefull environment as any other children. there are alot of good custums that the kids in the US are unaware of, explain them those. good luck

[Gulalai]

Salama-laikum!

As many of you may know, part of my work is teaching children in the United States about Pakhtunkhwa. I have brief opportunities to speak to children of all ages. People here on the Pacific Northcoast do want to be informed, yet we all deal with western media which is not always free of prejudice and therefor slanted.

What message would you like me to give to them? And their parents?

Dera Manana for your responses-

Zayam

Zayam wrora thanks for making this thread, i enjoy reading everyone's responses.

i could write a whole list of things for you to say, but i think you already know what to say and what we would want you to say.

anyways my question is how do you teach these kids?
are you a speaker? a school teacher? ...?

[Zayam]

Zayam wrora thanks for making this thread, i enjoy reading everyone's responses.

i could write a whole list of things for you to say, but i think you already know what to say and what we would want you to say.

anyways my question is how do you teach these kids?
are you a speaker? a school teacher? ...?

My Dear Sister Gulalai,

I am a speaker, I have a degree in Social Work-but didn't feel that Allah was calling me to conventional Social Work. Sometimes I give presentations that incorporate the "Pennies for Peace" program, which is part of the Central Asian Institute, the work of Greg Mortenson. Other times I give presentations about my own work in Swat Valley.

If we do not learn to communicate with one another, we will never be able to heal the ills of society. One time after a presentation to a group of young children (6-9 years old), a young boy maybe 6 or 7 came up to me and handed me his lunch money and said to give it to the children in Pakistan-the gesture was touching, another little boy said "why can't they just leave, if it isn't safe?" When we are young we know what is right, we forget it as we get older.

Zayam

[Gulalai]

My Dear Sister Gulalai,

I am a speaker, I have a degree in Social Work-but didn't feel that Allah was calling me to conventional Social Work. Sometimes I give presentations that incorporate the "Pennies for Peace" program, which is part of the Central Asian Institute, the work of Greg Mortenson. Other times I give presentations about my own work in Swat Valley.

If we do not learn to communicate with one another, we will never be able to heal the ills of society. One time after a presentation to a group of young children (6-9 years old), a young boy maybe 6 or 7 came up to me and handed me his lunch money and said to give it to the children in Pakistan-the gesture was touching, another little boy said "why can't they just leave, if it isn't safe?" When we are young we know what is right, we forget it as we get older.

Zayam

ahh i see. That's very interesting & sounds like a nice job. i wish i would see more presentations around about these topics. Especially about our own pashtuns!

& about the little boy,
that's very sweet! ever heard of something like, "If adults could become children, there wouldn't be any more wars or suffering"