Life Before
What countries did Maaya and Reyna live in before coming to the United States?
Maaya: Lebanon
Reyna: The Phillipines
What method of transportation did the girls use to arrive in The United States?
Both girls traveled by plane.
Who was waiting for Reyna upon her arrival to the United States?
Her soon-to be husband
There was someone named Layla who lost her life in the Lebanese Civil War. What was her relation to Maaya?
She was Maaya's best friend
Maaya and Reyna went to this place for coffee after detention
Cat Café
What circumstances caused the each of the girls to leave their home countries?
Maaya: Civil war in Lebanon
Reyna: Immigrating to be a mail order bride.
How long does a plane ride from Lebanon to the United States take?
16 hours
What state did both girls settle into?
Mississipi
What did Maaya cause Reyna to realize?
That her parents were toxic; because they were making her marry a random man who chose her from a CATALOG
Maaya says she can't live without this thing
Her sketchbook
Beruit, Lebanon (the capital)
How long did Reyna's flight take?
16 1/2 hours
Was Maaya treated the same as her white peers? How or how not?
Maaya was discriminated because she is from Lebanon, and some people didn't like that.
What happened to Maaya's grandparents?
They died in the war
Maaya is now a senior; if she was living in Germany she would be able to do what?
Drink alcohol
What did Reyna have to leave behind?
Her secret boyfriend, her family and friends.
Her parents savings; a bit of money from her family.
What city did the girls settle into?
How does Reyna feel about her husband?
She hates him.
What were the two names that Reyna thought Lebanon was called?
Leban and Banon
What school did Maaya attend back in her home country?
American Community School(ASC)
What funded Reyna's passage to the United States?
The goverment and an organization called "The King's Daugters".
(extra 100 pts if you named The King's Daughters.)
What legislation helped/hindered each girl? What did it state/do?
Reyna: Gentleman's act, which limited Japanese immigration to the US
How did Reyna feel when she first saw Maaya and why?
She felt annoyed because Maaya didn't smile back.
How many charts of what length does Reyna think you need to display the amount of rascism in the United States?
80 charts; each 180 by 120 cm