The document summarizes Haroon's reaction to his sister Zana's decision to wear an abaya. It first describes how Haroon initially thinks it is just a phase, but then becomes upset when he sees Zana wearing it to school and can no longer pick her out of a crowd. He feels angry at the other people wearing abayas, believing he has lost his sister. The document also includes a t-chart comparing the arguments Zana and her mother make regarding the decision, with Zana seeing it as a costume while her mother believes it is a sign of piety.

1. BIFOCAL
CHAPTER 10
DECEMBER 2019
M. RIDDELL

2. 1. HOW DO THE MEDIA COVER THE DAY AT THE
COURTHOUSE? DO YOU BELIEVE THEIR COVERAGE
IS OBJECTIVE?
• THEY TALK ABOUT HOMEGROWN TERRORISTS.
• THEY SAY THE SCENE AT THE COURTHOUSE WAS NEAR CHAOS.
• THEY INTERVIEW HAROON AND JULIAN.
• THEY STUCK TO THE FACTS.
• THEY AIRED HAROON AND JULIAN’S COMMENTS.

3. BIFOCAL
CHAPTER 11
DECEMBER 2019
M. RIDDELL

4. 1. HOW DO HAROON’S PARENTS REACT TO
HIS APPEARANCE ON THE NEWS?
• THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED HE WENT AGAINST THEIR WISHES.
• THEY STILL LOVE HIM.
• HE IS TOLD TO APOLOGIZE TO THE TEACHER’S WHOSE CLASSES HE MISSED AND
TO CLEAN THE GARAGE.
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5. 2. In a t-chart compare the arguments Zana and her mother
make regarding Zana’s decision to wear the abaya?
Zana Dr. Badawi .
• Sees is as a costume
• She feels Muslims shouldn’t be
labeled like the Jewish people
were during the second World
War
• She is a feminist
• Women in their family stopped
wearing the veil in the 1920s
• Some of their family was
beaten and worse so that Zana
doesn’t have to wear the veil
• The Koran tells women to be
modest not to disappear
• She says it’s better than
dressing like a harlot
• Wearing an abaya is a sign of
piety (religious beliefs)
• She should look more like a
Muslim
• She can wear the abaya and
be a feminist
• Her mother’s interpretation
of the Koran isn’t the only
one
• Her mother can’t forbid her

6. 3. HOW DOES HAROON FEEL ABOUT HIS
SISTER AND HER DECISION?
• AT FIRST, HAROON THINKS IT IS JUST
A PHASE
• HOWEVER, WHEN ZANA WEARS IT TO
SCHOOL
• HE CAN’T PICK HER OUT OF A
CROWD
• HE GETS MAD AT THE OTHER PEOPLE
WEARING ABAYAS
• HE FEELS HE HAS LOST HIS SISTER
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