Sunday, May 20, 2007

DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS?

WWWUUUHHHH....FINALLY....I COMPLETED READING THE BOOK CALLED.....DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS?by Randa Adel-Fattah......WELL...RITE NOW IM GONNA MAKE A REVIEW ABOUT THIS BOOK....HERE IT GOES.....THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A TEENAGE -MUSLIM GIRL NAMED AMAL...WELL,SHES A PALESTINIAN/AUSTRALIAN BORN GIRL.SHE HAS TO COPE WITH SCHOOL BASICALLY AND LIVE HER LIFE LIKE ANY ORDINARY TEENAGE GIRL....BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HER YEAR ELEVEN AT MCLEANS GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT AUTRALIA,SHE MAKES A HUGE TRANSFORMATION TO HERSELF...AS ONE OF MUSLIM WOMEN/GIRLS SHE HAS TO WEAR A SCARF/VEIL TO COVER UP HER HAIR......SO ONE DAY AT THE START OF TERM THREE....SHE GOES TO HER SCHOOL AS USUAL BUT THIS TIME...EVERYONE IS VIEWING HER IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.....WHO WONT RIGHT IF SOMEONE ABRUPTLY CHANGE HERSELF AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND GOES TO SCHOOL LOOKING DIFFERENT...ANYWAEZ...SHE GOT A CRUSH ON ADAM KEANE BUT SHE DOESNT WANT ANY INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP AND CLOSE CONTACT...U NOE WHAT I MEAN....WITH ADAM AS HER RELIGION FORBIDS HER FRM HAVING ANY INTIMATE CONTACT WITH MEN...THEN ONE DAY ....ADAM HELD A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND HE INVITE AMAL.....DURING THE PARTY.....HE HAS A CONVERSATION WITH AMAL IN A QUIET PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO PARTY FREAKS DISTURBING BOTH OF THEM....THAT IS WHEN HE IS ABOUT TO KISS AMAL....SHE JOLTS BACK....AND WHEN HE ASK WHY ,SHE EXPLAINS THAT IT IS WRONG AND IT IS AGAINST HER RELIGION...AFTER THAT ,THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS NOT THAT CLOSE....BUT THEY ARE STILL FRIENDS....THEN AMAL HAVE ENEMIES/NEMESIS IN SCHOOL THAT IS TIA AND HER GANGS....THEY ALWAYS GET ON HER NERVES....BUT OF COURSE AMAL GOT HER FRIENDS,EILEEN,SIMONE,JOSH AND ADAM'S BACK....SO,ONE DAY GOT THIS NEWS ABOUT MUSLIMS BOMBING A NIGHT CLUB IN BALI AND THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL...AMAL GETS A VERY NASTY YET SARCASTIC HUMILIATION FROM TIA ABOUT HER RACE AS WELL AS RELIGION BUT TOO BAD TIA IS HUMILIATED BACK BY JOSH....THEN LEILA....HER OLD YET CLOSE FRIEND ALWAYS HAS CONFLICTS WITH HER FAMILY....ONE DAY IT IS HER BIRTHDAY AND AMAL AND YASMEEN HAVE PLANS FOR LEILA BUT THE THING IS THEY HAVE TO LIE TO LEILA'S MOTHER.....ON HER BIRTHDAY ,LEILA'S BROTHER, HAKAN, CAUGHT THEM IN A RESTAURANT...AFTER SOME ARGUEMENTS HE HAS WITH AMAL,HE FORBIDS BOTH AMAL AND YASMEEN TO MEET LEILA....AND HER MOTHER ALWAYS PLANS MARRIAGES FOR LEILA,BUT SHE IS JUST TO YOUNG TO GET MARRIED...SO ONE DAY,SHE RAN AWAY FRM HOME AND HER MOTHER ACCUSES AMAL FOR THAT...THEN AFTER LEILA'S MOTHER GETS SOME LECTURES FROM AMAL,SHE SLOWLY CHANGED HER ATTITUDE AND ACCEPT LEILA FOR WHO SHE IS...THE....DURING AIDILFITRI....AMAL AND HER MOM MEETS LEILA AND HER MOTHER AT A MOSQUE AND LEILA'S MOTHER THANKS AMAL....THATS IT....WELL THIS WHOLE STORY BASICALLY IS ABOUT AMAL WEARING VEIL AND FIGHTING HER RIGHTS AS A MUSLIM GIRL AND THE RIGHT TO WEAR THE VEIL...THEN THE STORY ENDS....BYEBYE

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