HW 32: Responding to Riverbend (Sep.19th-Oct.5th)

I chose to write about Akila Al-Hashimi. In the reading, on page 75 it opens with talks about someone attempt in taking Akila's life. She was leaving for work when two pick-up trucks open-fired on her randomly. People surrounding heard the gunshots and people around began shooting at each other. Akila was a member of the Iraq council and according to Riverbend, she meant well. What I found really interesting while reading this is something that Riverbend said, which was "no female is safe" (Riverbend, 75). Riverbend talks about how some people may have had a bitterness towards her and that maybe there was some sort of warning in which things could have been prevented if more people were there protecting her. It's interesting to see how people are so easily judged there because they aren't following a religion or aren't a certain sex.