Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Interview a Survivor



Last week we learned about the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the Liberation of Kuwait. We had a parent come in last Thursday and share her experience during the occupation. What did you learn from Turki's mother's amazing story?

Please write a few paragraphs about what you learned.



Once you have finished write 10 questions that you are planning to ask the person you're going to interview over the weekend. Make sure you number your questions.

20 comments:

Unknown said...

I learned from Turki's Mother's amazing story lots of thing about the Iraqi Invasion.
I learned how to be courageous,what happened in Kuwait before I was born.
I learned that Kuwait was free in Feb.26 and that America told the U.N that they are the only ones that will fight back and get Iraqis out of Kuwait.
I learned that the U.N first told Iraq to get out of Kuwait in a polite way an Iraq refused and stayed,then the U.N warned them again and told them that you must get out of Kuwait or the U.N will use force and they refused again so the U.N used force and got the Iraqis out of Kuwait with blood on there faces and some Iraqis were killed.

My Ten Questions:

1.How was the Iraqi Invasion?
2.Was there food or water when the Invasion happened?
3.Did you beleive from the first time that there was a war in you country (Kuwait)?
4.Were you captured that time?
5.What did you do when they first captured you?
6.Were you afraid when they captured you?
7.Did you think that they would kill you?
8.After they let you go what did you do?
9.Until the end of the war where did you stay.
10.Was it your happiest time when you first heard that Kuwait was free?What did you think?

Unknown said...

I learned from Turki's mom how to be brave cause she was brave & went back to kuwait to see her family & if I was her I don't think that I could of done that if I was her mabe I would do the same thing and mabe not.

Questions:
1.How did you feel when Iraq invaded Q8?
2.What did you do in Q8 during the war?
3.From where did you get your food?
4.Were you planning to go to S.A?Why or why not?
5.Describe how Q8 looked before & after the invasion
6.Why didn't you go with your brother & sisters to S.A?
7.Did you stay home during the whole invasion.What did you do at home?
8. How did you survive the war?
9.Why did uo stay in Q8?
10.Were you scared in the war?Wy or why not?

Unknown said...

I learnt so much from turkey’s mom's tremendous story. I felt I was in her mistakes and felt it was my story. When she said the gram other died a tear came down my eye.
I felt sooooo bad. Ahmed who was sitting next to me laughed. But a sad story like that story deserves a ton of tears.
I thought it was very disrespectful to laugh at that story.

Questions:

1. How did you feel?

2. What was your first reaction?

3. Why was that your reaction?

4. Were you married?

5. Were you having a baby?

6. Were were you at work when this happened?

7. Where were you?

8. Were you shocked to hear this?

9. Did you stay in Kuwait?

10. Did you feel safe alone?

11. Was the invasion near your house?

Unknown said...

I will ask my mother about my project and i will use my mobile to film my mother when she will tuck and I will use a paper and a pencil to do my project, and thees questions that i will ask my mother 1. how did you eat fish in the war?
2. are you sad when the war is begin?
3. how many ccars did eraqis stowle?
4. the sky was blue or black?
5. did some body die in onother contry?
6. in which day kuwaitys are free?
7. were did you live in the war?
8. did iraqis kill people?
9. did they kill someone in your family?
10. did you get out during the war?

Unknown said...

From Turki's mother I learned that Kuwait was through alot of danger thanks to those "Iraqi Warriors". You know before I met Turki's mother, Turki has been telling me alot of stories about how Saddam got into his house and how they killed his relatives and imprisoned his uncles who were also soldiers. To tell the truth I didn't beleive him, at all! But when his mom came and told us about her many many adventures I was amazed that throughout all those years, he wasn't lying! And from that moment, I really, really, really felt sorry for him. And remember when earlier I told you she went through alot of adventures, I wasn't kidding. She went from Austria to Saudi Arabia, from Saudi Arabia to Jordan Then to Iraq then to Kuwait.
Ok now im gonna tell you my 10 questions.

1.Did u see any Iraqi soldiers?
2.How scared were you?
3.Were u married and did u have children at that time?
4.How old were you?
5.Did you go to work?
6.Did ur kids attend school?
7.Did u have any electricity?
8.Was there enough eneough water?
9.Did any1 in ur family get hurt?
10.Where the Iraqi cars big & huge?

Anonymous said...

i learned so many things from turki's mom like the iraqis are mean and the where destroyers. I also learned that life was hard at that time and that kuwait could of been richer if kuwait was not invaded , i am lucky i was not alive before the invation in a week or amonth after the invation because i would be very scared.

1.Why did iraq try to invade kuwait?
2.Where in kuwait did the war take place?
3.How long did it take to rebuild everything?
4.What important things did they destroy?
5.What is the difference of kuwait before the war and a year after the war?
6.Where were you during the invation?
7.How did you comunicate with your family?
8.Who was incharge of the war?
9.when did iraq try to invade kuwait?
10.How did you feel when kuwait won?

Unknown said...

I learned that you should always be brave because god is always next to you.Even though the task is to scary.I also learned that you should always save your family from all situations.I learned that the Iraqis were forced out of Kuwait.I learned that the Iraqis started the war because they thought that Kuwait were doing slant drilling,but the Kuwaitis were not really doing slant drilling,so the war started.

1.Where were you when the Iraqis invaded Kuwait?
2.What did you do when you knew about the Invasion?
3.Who was with you during the invasion?
4.Did you get hurt during the invasion?
5.How did you get your food and water?
6.What kind of money did you use during the invasion?
7.Were you free to move during the invasion?
8.How did you get the news aboutother countries?
9.How did you know about Kuwait's freedom?
10.How did you feel about Kuwait's freedom?

Unknown said...

I learned from Turki's mom that first there was a war between Iraq and Iran. The war started from 1980, and it lasted to 1989. Kuwait had helped Iraq during the war.Then, there was a meeting between Kuwit and Iraq in Saudi Arabia because the Iraqies are saying that the Kuwaities stole oil from them. The Kuwaities didn't give them oil. After that, the Iraqies invaded Kuwait. Turki's mom was in Austria then she went to Saudi Arabia,Jordan,Iraq, then to Kuwait because turki's grandmother was sick and they needed to take her out of kuwait.And then, in Febuary 26 kuwait was free.

The 10 questions I am going to ask my interviewee are:

1:How was your feelings during the invasion?

2: Did they search your house for money?

3: Was there somebody in your family who was an Armed Forcer?

4: Did they kill somebody in your family?

5: Did you go to your job during the invasion?

6: Where were you hididng during the invasion?

7: Did the Iraqies take you with them?

8:Did the iraqies take somebody in your family?

9: Did you go to an another country during the invasion?

10: Where were you when the invasion happened?

Unknown said...

I learned from my mother that she is brave and how

Unknown said...

I learnd from turkies mom that it was terrible during the invaision that it was very hard to survive.And thanks to the U.N. Kuwait was free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




1.How did you know that iraq was invading kuwait?
2.How much did the iraqi soldiars come near you?
3.Did you have enough food water and supplies?
4.Can you describe how you felt during the invaision.
5.During the invaision was it safe to go outside?
6.Did you leave kuwait?
7.How were you getting the news of kuwait.
8.How and when did you know Kuwaits liberation day.
9.When you came back to kuwait did you see the fires of Kuwait.
10.What was the differance between begining of the invaision and the end.

Unknown said...

I learned from Turkis mother, that the sky was black during the invasion because of all the smoke from all the fires from all the buildings and, oil wells.Here are my 10 qestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1.Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?

Unknown said...

I learned many things from turkis mom.she was brave to save her family.It was a scary story i could not do what she did to save her family.She went contry to country to save her and her husbands family.
1.How did you get out of Kuwait save with your family during the invasion?
2.What were you doing studying or working during the invasion?
3.How did you cross the border or Kuwait?
4.Where did you hide during the invasion?
5.How did you feel when the invasion ended?
6.When did you returned to Kuwait when the invasion ended?
7.What happend in the patrol station during the invasion?
8.Was it hard in Kuwait to find food and drink water?
9.What did you feel when you the invasion ended?
10.What was the plan to help Kuwait and to save your family?

Unknown said...

I learned that Kuwait suffered alot before I was born and that we should allways be gentle then get in to a war.
1.what happened to you during the invasion?
2.do you think that Iraq should leave Kuwait erlier?
3.What did you feel when we were free?
4.Did anything happen to you after the invasion like asthma?
5.when did you know the war started?
6.How many months was Kuwait was burned?
7.did you think that we should attack too?
8.why didn't kuwait pay the money in the begining?
9.did anybody come to our house?
10.did anybody in our family got asthma?

Unknown said...

I learned from Turki's mom is to not stay in a safe place.Beacause she was in Saudi Arabia then she went to Kuwait to help Turki's grand mother.So, I need to help others even if it was the last moment in my life.

Queastions:
1.How did you feel when you saw Iraqi come to Kuwait?
2.What did you do to help other people?
3.How did the Kuwaitis get food?
4.Were there expats in Kuwait during the Invasion?
5.Were there docters in the hospitals.
6.What did Iraqi stole from the Kuwaitis?
7.Did the Iraqi come in your house or Diwanya?
8.How did the Kuwaitis put out the fire when the Iraqi burn the oil well?
9.In how many months the Kuwaitis put out the oil well?
10. How did u feel when it was Liberation Day?

waleed said...

I learend from Turki's mother that kuwait was very sad. Also I learned from her that kuwait was with Iraq when they have a war with Iran. In this kuwait give mllion of money to make guns to fight Iran. This war takes for 9 years. After this war in 2 years, Iraq tell that Kuwait are taken from Iraq oil. After Kuwait and Iraq have a war. After in the war in 6 monthes the U.S forces Iraq out of Kuwait. When Iraq are going out of Kuwait they burned 747 oilwill.

The ten questions are:
1. Where are you when the Iraqi invaison tooks place?
2. What do you feel when the war be in kuwait?
3. How do you feel about when there is little food and little water?
4. What do you feel about you can't youes Kuwaity money?
5. How do you feel about when the U.S forces Iraq out of Kuwait?
6. Did you stay at Kuwait the holl war?
7. What you feel when the Iraqi burned the oil?
8. In the war the sky was blue or black?
9. Did somebody of your family was dead in the war?
10. How older you in the war?

Unknown said...

When Turki's mother told us about her expiriens I listened to her a lot becuase,her expirienses were nice to hear.Turky's mom told us when did Iraq invaded Kuwait,what Kuwaiti people felt,and what her family felt.1.Why did Iraq invaded Kuwait? 2.Do you know someone that was in the army?

Unknown said...

I learned from Turki's mother that
she is brave. Also I learned that
America helped kuwait during the
Invasion.Also I learned that Iraq thought Kuwait stole gas from
Iraq. I learned that Turki's mom
was in a vacation.
1.Why did Iraqies came and fight Kuwait?2.What did you feel during
the Invasion?3.Where were you during the Invasion?

Unknown said...

I learned that Kuwait used alot of help from other countries of the world.And I learned that baba Jaber didn't fight for Kuwait.

1.What was it like during the war?

2.What did you do to help Kuwait,(Why or Why not)?

3.What kind of food did they give you in jail?

4.Did you know somebody who faught for Kuwait?

5.How did you escape jail?

6.How did the Iraqians take you to jail?

7.Did you feel proud of yourself when you where in jail or did you hate it?

8.What did they want from Kuwait?

9.WHERE you hurt in the Kuwaiti Invasion?

10.Did you do anything when the Iraqies left?

Unknown said...

I learned from my mother that
everybody is brave and nobody is not brave and she is still brave in my heart and she almost sacrafised her life to meet her family at first I thought she was crazy but she turned out to be brave.
MY TEN QUESTIONS
1.How did you go to detention camp?
2.What did you do during the time you were in detention camp?
3.how many months have you stayed?
4.How did you escape?
5.Did the Iraqis tried to kill you?
6.Did your wife try to visit you?
7.Did you see any Kuwaitis over there?
8.Before you were cought where were
you hiding?
9.Did they kill any prisoners?
10.Where you scared when you were cought?

Unknown said...

When Turki's mother told us about her expiriens I listened to her a lot because they were nice to hear.
Turki's mom told us when Iraq invaded Kuwait,what Kuwaiti people felt,and what her family felt.
Thank you Turki's mom for your wonderful story.
My Ten Questions:

1.Why did Iraq invaded Kuwait?


2.Do you know someone who was in the army?


3.Whow was the Iraqi invasion?


4.Do you know one of your friends who were ded?


5.Whow was the weather in Kuwait during the war?


6.What was the color of the sky in that time?


7.Where were you during the invasion?


8.What happened to your famaly?


9.Whow many Kuwaities were ded ,or taken away from Kuwait?


10.What are some important things did Iraq detroy?