1. Women in the Middle East
By: Grace Frankel

2. Religion Wear a head to toe burqa Buqra, has one hole to see out of
Must paint windows black
Painting windows, no outside life
Women can’t leave home without a man
Leave home very rarely
because most men don’t want to go
everywhere for women
Theses are women in burqas, this is something they must wear.
These are women in burqas that cover them head to toe, they are commonly blue.

3. Marriage in Afghanistan
A women’s husband is the only one who can see her without a burqa
Girls get married as young as ten to an older man
Most women experience some abuse from their husband
Women commit suicide to escape the abuse
Usually forced, other wise they don’t think highly of you
70%-80% of marriages are forced
This is Aisha who got her nose cut off. On the right is her before and the left is after they cut her nose off, for running away from her husband’s house.

4. Health for Women in Afghanistan
There is no heath care for the women
Women have a very hard time get ways to overcome illness
They can’t go anywhere without a man and if they don’t have health care it is hard to pay for treatment
These untreated illnesses result in death
The orphan girls in Afghanistan are almost never let outside
By keeping these girls in it can cause illness and death from being inside so long
This is an orphan girl in Afghanistan who is shaking a soldier's hand

5. November 8th, 2007 Happened in Kandahar 15 girls walking to school
Two men on motor cycle threw acid on them
Girls suffered sever burns and one lost sight
This is common thought the middle east
This is a women who is walking on the streets of Afghanistan, just like the girls who got acid thrown on them.
These are men on motor cycles, just like the men who attacked the girls.

6. Daily life in Afghanistan for a women
Majority are illiterate
Expected life span of 44 years old, because of abuse and disease s mainly
No accesses to internet for the women
No internet, no communication with people from other counties
No internet, people from other countries can’t communicate with them
The X though the computer represents that there is no computer access for women in the Middle East

7. The Edict in Afghanistan
Did not allow women to work or go to school
Happened overnight, the lost all their rights overnight
Tired going to work next day beaten and sent home
Before the edict, 70% of teachers, 40% of doctors and 50% of university students where women
Next day 100% men working all jobs and all the students attending school
Two women in burqa walking in Afghanistan.

8. The Edict in Afghanistan
Issued by the Taliban
Restrict human rights
Militia took control of two thirds of Afghanistan
NOT allowed to have, music, kites, cameras, mixed sex photos, short hair, applause and smoking
These are some of the things that got taken away. Form the women after the edict was in place

9. Widows in the Middle East
Lucky to have a boy son who will beg for food
40,000 of them in Kabul
Sit in the dark for most of the day
Pray for humanitarian aid
The diet is mainly grass, can’t get any food
Widow: a women who lost her husband from a death and has not got remarried
This is a women, tiring to get anything she can to survive.

10. Working in the Middle East
Women are not allowed to have a “normal” job such as a; teacher, doctor, ect…
Some sow cloths, blankets and other such
Money goes to the family
The family’s money is reflective of the means work
Most of the money is made by the man
That the money the women make essentially goes to the man
This is a women sewing some type of clothing.

11. Effect on the USA Oil for our cars mostly comes from the middle east
This cause grass prices to go up
The prices go up because of all the things happening in the middle
One thing in the middle east is Egypt wanting their president to leave
People can’t communicate people in the United States and learn about other people thought the world
Women can’t learn about any other countries
It’s when Americans stop to to gas from a gas station like the one above. This is when people notice there is something happening according to the price.
Oil company logo.

12. Dubai, UAE
Very wealthy
Have cities with malls and skyscrapers (more like cities we see here in the US)
They do have restricted mobility rights
They have more rights than most other women in the Middle East
Money mainly comes from Western Military bases
They still have to wear a burqa for religious reasons
This is a home in Dubai, it looks just as big or bigger than the ones you see here in Deerfield.
This is a city in Dubai, it looks very modern and a lot better then the rest of the Middle East.

13. Dubai Education They have a 90% literacy rate for women
In the US there is a 99% literacy rate for women
77% of students continue education higher than high school who are women
Three out of five students are women
This is one of the only counties in the Middle East who allow women to go to school
Young girls can also attend school
These are girls outside a school in Dubai. As you an see life in Dubai is way different then in the rest of the Middle East.

14. References
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15. References
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