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Thought about biography ideas and decided to find a war story
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Went to the library in search of war story and found "1001 Nights in Iraq"
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Learned of Shant Kenderian's background as an Armenian by ethnicity, an Iraqi citizen by birth, but a permanent resident of the United States (pgs. 1-36)
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Learned of Shant's resourcefulness with almonds after getting dafted into the Iraqi army (pgs. 37-80)
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Talked with my mom about someone I could interview and decided on a war veteran
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Read about the people of Qaro Island considering Shant and his comrades heroes (pgs. 81-93)
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Read about Shant and his comrades surrendering to the Americans and being taken as POWs (pgs. 94-106)
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Learned about Shant's asking for food and blankets on behalf of the Iraqi POWs since he could speak both Arabic and English (pgs. 107-140)
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Read about Shant being accused of being a spy by American interrogators (pgs. 141-170)
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Wrote first blog post about how I went to the library and picked my biography
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Read about Shant revealing the truth about Saddam Hussein's power (pgs. 171-199)
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Made a list with my mom of all the war veterans we know
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Read about Shant meeting Monica (pgs. 200-212)
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Edited and posted first blog post on postress
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Learned of Shant's becoming friends with the American soldiers and playing cards (pgs. 213-230)
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Read about Monica contacting Shant's mother to let her know he was okay (pgs. 231-245)
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Wrote first paragraph of second blog post on my childhood heros
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Wrote second paragraph of second blog post about supposed heroes from the media
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Wrote third paragraph of second blog post about heroes in the literature we've read this year in English class
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Read about Shant being handed to the Saudis by the Americans (pgs. 246-258)
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Edited second blog post and posted it to posterous
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Read about Shant being able to contact the United States embassy (pgs.259-266)
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Read about Shant's arrival back in the U.S. (pgs.267-280)
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Recorded days 1-16 on timeline
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Read about Shant's life after returning to the U.S. and what happened to the people he met during his imprisonment
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Shared passage about Shant's saving Bassim from his suicide attempt with the class
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Recorded days 17-27 on timeline
