Anti-Islamic Hate Crime chart

     A chart about Anti-Islamic hate crime incidents shows the range of incidents from 1995-2008. In the chart from 1995-2000 the incidents are at it's lowest and are stable. In 2001 incidents are at it's highest 481/500, the incidents decrease from 2002-2008 but are still higher then incidents before 2001. This is really important because more people need to be aware about the hate crimes that are going on, also Islamic people may find this information helpful. I think that the increase in Anti-Islamic hate crimes in 2001 has a lot to do with 9/11 which also caused the increase in hate crimes the years after it. This information also makes me believe that a lot of what happened to Zeitoun has to do with his religion and how he appears since you can clearly see the epidemic of hate crimes going on. One part of the chart I was unclear about was the side the ranges from 0-500, I wasn't sure if the range meant out of the total population or the amount of people that are Islamic and experienced hate crimes.

Zeitoun Quote Sandwhich

     Faith is such a powerful thing we all have faith in something even if we don't realize it. In the book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, talks about a man from Syria named Zeitoun who stays in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina while his wife and kids went to stay with a relative. Faith plays a big role in Zeitoun, you can see acts of faith through out the book. Zeitoun puts a lot of faith into God, after the Hurricane on the block where his office was there was a fire that just missed his office. Eggers writes "He thanked God for this small mercy"(Zeitoun 152).  When Zeitoun thanked god for not letting his office burn down it shows that he has faith that God will protect him. Another time you can see acts of faith in the book is when Zeitoun feeds the dogs everyday. Many of the people that evacuated for Hurricane Katrina left there dogs behind. The dogs knew they where trapped in there homes and would soon die. When Zeitoun realized which homes the dogs where in he decided to bring them food and water everyday. Eggers writes "He was amused by how grateful, how surprised they were every day. Have a little faith he said" (Zeitoun 146). The dogs put there faith in Zeitoun that he would care for them and save them. We don't realize how much faith we have in something until all we have is faith. Zeitoun has faith in god and the dogs have faith in him.

Zeitoun

     Zeitoun is the type of person that thinks about other people before his self. In the book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers it talks about how Zeitoun stayed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and how while he stayed in the city he saved people and dogs that would have died without him. Eggers writes "There were other dogs, and he had a freezer full of food" (Zeitoun 122). Zeitoun gave the dogs that people left behind the food he had in his freezer and fresh water. Zeitoun easily could have kept the food to him self but decided to give it to the animals that needed it more. If he didn't give those dogs the food he had they would of died. You can really tell he puts others before him self by the fact that there was a shortage of food and he gave the food he had to the dogs that needed it more. Not many people would do that.