1. For our webzine aside from my writing contribution piece, I helped with the creation of the tumblr page along with Olesya and Zibelle. The three of us overlooked the layout of the page and choosing a theme for the look of our webzine page. I created the various pages for our sections for all the different regions and I made sure that the correct tags were being used to ensure that the right pieces were being tagged into the right sections. I also contributed two pieces to our media section, the recommendation for the documentary Promises and the youtube video of the Israeli soliders arresting the six year old boy.
2. From our webzine project I was able to learn more about human rights violations in other parts of the world that we did not have time to discuss in class. Such as the human rights violations being committed by the Israeli army towards Palestinian chidren. While I was aware that there is conflict in the region, especially in the West Bank and Gaza, I wasn’t aware how brutal the Israeli army was in its treatment of Palestinian children. I’ve also learned so much about human rights in general from our class this quarter. This class has given me not only a more academic or political view on human rights, I was able to learn more about the legal aspect of it through documents like the UDHR or the CRC. I was surprised most to learn about the US’s involvement in encouraging jihad in the middle east (I am Malala) and that the US is one of two countries who has not signed or ratified the CRC.
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