The title pf the podcast that I viewed was called “Iraqi Teens Work to Help Their Families”. The series that this podcast is a part of is called “Alive in Baghdad” and was published October 15th of this year, here is the link:
http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/10/15/iraqi-teens-work-to-help-their-families. The general topic of this podcast is how many Iraqi teenagers are forced to work and find a craft in order to support their families. Three kids are presented aging from 6th grade to college. Hussein Kamal, a 15-year-old boy picked up Furniture Painting from his brother and also learned carpentry as a child. The trip to work with his father should take a half hour he says, but due to traffic jams and killings it takes over an hour. Due to the war the route is not secure and they often have to work from home. The scenery in the podcast is the back of a house and is setup like a workshop. The kid’s work pretty much on dirt and the houses they live in do not look very luxurious at all. Some one might learn how scarce jobs are in Iraq right now and how the unemployment rate has risen to 50%. The video doesn’t compare to other videos I have seen of Iraq because the kids seem disgusted and exhausted of their every day lives. The most memorable thing from this podcast would have to be the underlying message that all of the kids want all surrounding countries to stop supporting terrorism and how mature these three young adults are.
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