zeitoun

Date of Presentation: Friday, April 8th __Purpose of Book:__ • There is man named Zeitoun who has done great things and he needs to be recognized for them. • Awareness and recognition of a hero in Hurricane Katrina. • This book also talks about Muslim families living in the states

__** Part 1 **__ • Introduction to characters • Abdul Rahman (Zeitoun)- contractor/painter • Kathy- wife,converted to Islam • Zachary- Kathy's son from first marriage • Three other daughters- Nademah, Aisha, and Safiya • The family owns a business called Zeitoun Painting Contractors and Kathy took care of all the office work while Zeitoun took care of the painting stuff. • They know Hurricane Katrina is coming but Zeitoun doesn't want to leave and Kathy is starting to get very suspicious of the storm. • Flashback: Zeitoun never wants to take a vacation because it is too hard to leave work. One day, Kathy just packed up the car hoping Zeitoun would come along; he did. Kathy drove to Florida. • When it turns out that Katrina is a category 5, the family decides to leave but Zeitoun stays because he doesn't want to leave his work and he wants to make sure everything is running smoothly. • Nothing has ever happened before, so he doesn't think that this will be that much different. • Kathy takes the children to her sister's house in Baton Rouge. • She realizes that they don't like her because they don't like how she is Muslim. • However, her mother did come through for her when Kathy was forced to take off her haje when she was taking a picture for her license registration. • Kathy faced a lot of traffic on the ride going down, she had to call Zeitoun a million times because they were in the car so much. __ Part 2 __ Took his friend Frank to his truck Everything is underwater Frank is mad that everything is destroyed They canoe around town They check out Zeitoun's other property. They found a phone. Everyday at noon they will call eachother He feels it is his moral duty One time Kathy calls the house and another man answers. This man is never found.

Kathy was mad at her family because they wouldn't take in Zeitoun's Muslim friends (the lady was pregnant) So she and the kids left to go to YOKOS But she had a break down so YOKOS husband had to pick her up

Zeitoun was giving out water saving people and dogs. Including a PHAT lady who didn't know how to swim First time he saw crime: People with guns at gas station Army did not help. But local motorboat helped fat lady

WHEN THE LEVIES BROKE- documentary

__** Part 3 **__

• Zeitoun still went back to help the dogs every single morning. He beings to run out of steaks so he gets dog food from Todd. • He was canoeing around the town when a prostitute asks for a ride to work. He didn't want to be rude and not give her a ride. • One day when Zeitoun was going to the Clariborne Overpass, there were dozens of dead dogs floating in the water because they had been shot. • Kathy keeps wanting him to leave the city and she said how cops were killing themselves. • The media was creating false insanity by saying how babies were being raped and killed inside the superdome. • Kathy asked Zeitoun if she could find her friend, Rob's, cat but he couldn't find him. Rob had told Zeitoun that he could use the generator in the basement but he didn't want to take it because it would seem like he was looting and suspicious to the police. • Nasser was ready to leave but the rescue helicopter was broken because it had crashed and they said that it wasn't safe to go. • Zeitoun was considering leaving but didn't want to tell Kathy. • Sept 6, the news station interviews Zeitoun. • He talks to his brother Ahmad who tried to convince him to leave. He has to hang up because Todd says that men were at the door asking to give water. We don't find out what happened to Zeitoun until after Kathy found out. • Kathy hadn't heard from Zeitoun for 2 weeks and Zeitoun's family kept calling Kathy to see what happened. She was getting really annoyed and worried. • She put the kids in school. • Ahmad wrote letters to the police hoping to find Zeitoun but his English isn't that good. • She begins lying to her kids about their father, hoping to not worry them. • She begins planning what she is going to do if he died but then she gets a call that Zeitoun is in jail and is okay. • Military personnel barged into their house and took them captive because they thought they were part of Al Queda. • They get stripped of everything they own and they put them in jail. • The personnel had to check their butts for bombs. • Zeitoun thought they were being evacuated. • They found thousand of dollars in Nasser's bag and it seems very sketchy.

Presentation: Step 1: It is important that before we start everyone understands the amount of devastation brought to Louisianna during Hurricane Katrina. Video: on destruction (clips from movie) 3-5 minutes-->during the storm and when the levees broke.

Step 2: Intro: Ok so we're all refugees in New Orleans. It's wet, it's hot, it's lonely. All of the volunteers that we picked before please follow Carly to the four desks in the corner. We're gonna tape you in now and once this tape is up you cant talk to anyone. If you do, you will be sprayed, If you are allergic to water, I don't apologize.

Step 3: Keynote: This book does not only focus on the aftermath of the hurricane, it focuses on Zeitoun and his family. Keynote: Pick someone from corner and nominate them as Zeitoun talk about their family. family and family life: background, religion, children. fifteen feet of water comparison. The whole thing happening, the dogs, the old people, the military not helping, the. The phone call with Ahmad. Family not knowing where Zeitoun is?prison, other prison not being able to get a phone call...that guy who made the phone call for Zeitoun-->alienated from the rest of the country. Explain importance and events of prison and why we alienated our peers. (15 minutes)

Step 4: Discussion questions: 5 minutes 1. Show of hands: How many people here would leave their homes if you heard that a possibly destructive storm was on its way? 2. How would you feel if the military ignored your requests in you attempts to save lives? 3. What would you do in Kathy's position, not knowing where your husband is, or even if he is alive? 4. How would you feel if you were accused of terrorism against the country which you live in and love just because of your background? 5. What would you do if you were not given the right to make one phone call from your prison cell to get help to get in touch with loved ones?

Order: 1. Pick four people and nominate one as Zeitoun. Keynote intro to Zeitoun family and pre storm: Dara-->first five slides (introduce video) 2. Storm: video of when the levvees broke. Carly after video: *Notecard Number 2: Zeitoun remained in his home during the storm and made a lot of little repairs. He also moved all of their most important valuables upstairs. Carly now describes slide number 6 and 7. 3. Intro to aftermath: Halley: Step two and asking the four people to move to the corner where carly will tape them in 4. Continue with presentation: somewhere in there is a video of zeitoun talking about prison (before video: make notecard of four people: todd, nasser, zietoun, ronnie) where we pass out the goldfish 5. notescard: he went to jail and witnessed a lot of bad things bla bla bla. explain significance of why they were isolated from rest of class on notecard and why we didnt give them any goldfish: dara 6. back to keynote: wrap-up...end slide: carly 6. discussion questions: halley
 * Notecard number one: Before we begin, we need four volunteers (pick volunteers). Okay blank is zeitoun, everyone else just chill out for now. Blank has a wife (blabla read from keynote) Before the storm...(look at keynote). For the next few minutes, as you watch this video called "When the Levees Broke," depicting images from the storm, imagine what it was like to be in this situation.
 * Notecard 3: SLide 8 Destruction: Ok so we're all refugees in New Orleans. It's wet, it's hot, it's lonely. All of the volunteers that we picked before please follow Carly to the four desks in the corner. We're gonna tape you in now and once this tape is up you cant talk to anyone. If you do, you will be sprayed, If you are allergic to water, I don't apologize.
 * Notecard 4-Slide 9: (as carly is taping them in) do slide 9.
 * notecard 5: make one for everyone-->