Everyday we wake up, we have list of things to do. Some has school, homework, go to work, etc. But not all them were done accordingly. Some gets disturbed by new things and some by other valid reason. They all want to share their good/bad feeling either with someone close or through twitter or facebook. What happened in their life, who they hate/love, why they are happy and sad, etc? They post their different feeling and get commented with advice, inspirational words. They feel good and make an attempt to move on. Next day they have the same schedule, trying to move forward. Not getting disappointed by past and in hope of getting things done this time. But life is not a simple path; it has lots of turns and red lights on its way. According to me, stellar time is most influenced by twitter. People not only share their feeling but also share what affect their life. For instance, someone posted “I hate rain” other day, so now I know that that particular person hates rain. From twitter, I came to know that when the homework was due, who did what through out the day, etc. If life is just about you then, there is no meaning of life. If there are no ups and downs then life is boring. As a personal example, before I came to US, life was much comfortable with mom and dad. I don’t have to do anything (laundry, cook food, clean my room, etc). However, after my first step into the United States, life changed dramatically and as unexpected. I suffered a lot to continue my living. Even though I suffered, I am happy now. I can tell dad and mom that I am earning for my expenses, and I am independent. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Arab_societies)

2. In 1001 Nights, all the stories are connected to each other. Story with in the story connects each story like a stairs, first then second. One story finishes and other begins leaving the first one incomplete. Once you start reading you get lost in the current story and forget about the past story. In my point of view, Teleological time is related to all of the story. “In the Tale of the Bull and the Ass” when the merchant finished his story, his daughter Shahrazad said “I will do to thee as did the husband to the wife” She was not convinsed by her dad story and finally did what she liked and married to the king. Her sister Dunyazade asks Scheherazade to tell a story. With the permissoin of king, she started telling story of The Fisherman and The Jinni where a young man tells the story of his life to Sultan. After that story there she started other story of The Tale of The Ensorceled Prince, where the same Sultan kills the sick lover. So one story leads to the second one and the process continues. Due to this fact, the main story was unknown and was never completed. This was just to live one more night.

3. I got an opportunity to do some research on women in third world countries (Especially Arab). Women in these places have throughout history, experienced discrimination, lack and absent of their freedoms and rights. Some of these practices are based on religious beliefs, but many of the limitations are cultural and from tradition rather than religion. Women have no rights, no powers. They were sold into marriage by their guardians for a price paid to the guardian, the husband could terminate the union at his will, and women had little or no property or succession rights. In other tribes, women were of low status or even worse. Women enjoyed no rights whatsoever and were treated no better than a commodity. Not only they were slaved, but they could also be inherited as a possession. A woman was regarded as unwise and incapable of effectively managing her inherited property. In “The Tale of the Bull and the Ass”, merchant’s wife was beaten by her husband and she wasn’t able to do anything. Instead, she told her she will told him not to ask the same question again in her life time. However, the world is changing rapidly. Women’s progress until recently was slow and extremely limited but it’s growing. In the more conservative countries, greater opportunities for education, through university level, are being made available to women. In Egypt, women serve in Parliament and the cabinet (Kuwait and Iran). Recently a woman was named director of the national television stations, a very powerful position. In Syria, the Minister of Culture is a woman. In Jordan, there has been tremendous economic development, which has had an enormous impact on the status of women. In just a decade, women have won the right to vote and run for election. They now have a woman Minister of Social Development and four women on our Consultative Council, the equivalent of Congress. All these advances have happened rapidly. Today, it is estimated that 17 percent of the total Jordanian working force consists of women. (http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/05/16/the-role-of-women-is-changing-in-the-arab-world-a.html) You can watch this video by Queen Rania from Jordan which clearly talks about the women in Arab world regarding their status and improvements. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEC8p5VN1-I&feature=PlayList&p=3E983CAB138B5C6A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=38).