Objects in Call Me American
Object used to circumcise Abdi and Hassan
What is the Topaz razor?
Typically a sentence in a paper's intro paragraph that presents the writer’s argument
What is a thesis?
Popular animal in Somalia that provides milk
What is a camel?
An object from another place and time that must be treated with care
What is an artifact?
Something that Iftin was born under
What is a Neem tree?
Object used to circumcise Iftin's mom
What is the Topaz razor?
Reexamining and rethinking the first draft, adding and deleting ideas
What is revising?
Name of Iftin's sister
Who is Nima?
Hard carved object used to keep the head lifted while sleeping
What is a neck rest?
Birthday that Iftin gave himself
What is June 20, 1985?
A first attempt at an essay or paper
What is a rough draft?
City that Iftn's parents moved to during the 1977 drought
What is Mogadishu?
What is scooping food with first three fingers of right hand?
(or rolled banana leaf)
School where Iftin and Hassan learned the Koran
What is the madrassa?
Stimulant plant that is illegal in the US and Europe
What is qat?
An example of how to cite a quote from Call Me American in your paper.
What is (Iftin 22)?
Somali military Office and politician who served as the Head of state of Somalia from 1969 to 1991
Who is Siad Barre?
Contains 99 normal sized beads and two smaller beads separating every 33 beads
What are prayer beads?
"Teacher who uses hot pepper and scorpions to bite on wounds"
Who is Macalin Basbaas?
Carved wooden ornaments used to celebrate a wedding
What is an xeedho?
What you will do if you get writers block
What is making an appointment at the Center for Writing or seeing professor Tron during her office hours?
Terrible name that people in Mogadishu called Iftin's mom
What is Reer Baadiye or "the bush woman"
Building that was abandoned as violence enveloped
in 1990, during the Civil War.
What is the U.S. Embassay?
Woman who was the ticket seller at Cinema Ecuatore before the war
Who is Falis?