The piece I found most interesting was Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? by Lila Abu-Lughod. I thought this piece was very interesting because of how she framed the issues and tried to get us to take a look at things from a Muslim woman’s perspective. The analogies she was able to use really made me think of how much I would change if given some sort of freedom I wasn’t really pining for and how we must approach any cultural issues with knowledge of the culture and people we are working with and what are realistic things to expect. This piece seems to say that Americans get too wrappe dup in what they want for others rather than what others really want and while this can be a fine line it seems like Americans are on the wrong side in this case and it would serve both populations if goals were reassessed. It seems like so many resources have gone into helping the women in aspects that they do not need or want help in and that these resources may have been more effectively used if they were targeted towards helping the Afghan women with the things they feel are issues.
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