1.

How is war depicted in the eyes of a child as shown in the town of Aleppo,
Syria?

For bana, The war in syria was never ending, she’s afraid of the bombing
and it was hard for her to live in a war zone. She can’t sleep, there is a
bombing even at night. They can hear the sound of warplanes and they
are living in fear always. When she’s sick she can’t even buy a medicine
or go to the hospital for treatment because it was really terrifying outside.
She was suffering and trying to ask for help for the betterment of her
country. She saw the war as a horrifying incident and I think it is
traumatising for the child.

2. How are the interplay of Globalization through technology and the horrors of war
depicted in the case? How vital was this correlation?

I think through globalization she developed international influence and started to

make the people around the world be aware of the happenings in her country. The
terrifying experiences that she had, the war in syria are so hard to imagine and for
the people who saw it and heard about it, they look at her with sympathy and care.
They see her as a brave child who is doing everything to stop the war and live
happily. She used the technology to raise awareness and to reach out to the
government to fix the harmful situation that they are facing. Recalling iconic
young heroines such as Malala Yousafzai, Bana’s experiences and message
transcend the headlines and pierce through the political noise and debates to
remind us of the human cost of war and displacement. Also, through this matter
we are now concerned and well-informed about the war and the catastrophe it
brings so we try for a better development of our countries.

3. How did Globalization, through social media awakened and moved people
from around the world to the harsh conditions of the people in Syria?

Bana’s Twitter account operated by her mother, Fatemah has more than 370,000
followers. The account, created in September 2016, highlighted the conditions in
the rebel-held part of Aleppo during a government push to recapture what was
then Syria’s largest city. It continues to vilify the Syrian and Russian
governments and hobnobs with world leaders and global celebrities. Time
magazine lauded Bana as among the most 25 influential people on the internet.
Bana’s account tweeted the announcement of her memoirs, published by Simon &
Schuster. The posts, confirmed by The New York Times to have been made in
Aleppo, went viral. The little girl with a smile of missing teeth and with bows in
her hair became a sensation, and she was followed and her posts were shared on
Twitter by the likes of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series.
Fatemah posted that the family’s home had been destroyed in an airstrike. The
 family reported from Bana’s Twitter account that they had been evacuated to
Turkey, part of a wave of refugees who were able to flee the city during an
internationally brokered cease-fire. Since then, Bana has appeared in photographs
with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. One photograph incongruously
included Bana, Mr. Erdogan and the American actress Lindsay Lohan. Bana has
used her account to call on world leaders, including President Vladimir V. Putin
of Russia and Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, to help bring peace to
Syria. Last week, after President Trump ordered a missile strike on Syria’s air
force, a message from Bana praised the action: “I am a Syrian child who suffered
under Bashar al Asad & Putin. I welcome Donald Trump action against the killers
of my people. Like so many others, I was completely captivated by Bana’s tweets
from Syria, which were harrowing and heartbreaking and put a human face to this
terrible quagmire.

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4. If the same technology brought by Globalization was available during the height of
WW 1 and WW 2, come up with at least three assertions/ situations of what could
have happened or could have transpired during that time.

1. Pervasive Connectivity To Others

I remember the days of phones with old style dials. We didn’t even have answering machines
back then. If you called someone and they didn’t answer the phone, you had to call back and try
to catch them in real time.
When a call came in, there was no caller ID. You just picked it up and said, “Hello.” It was
sometimes hard to catch up to people, so you had to hand write and send a letter to communicate
when you were both leading busy lives.
Today, if you can’t catch someone on the phone, you can leave a voice mail or send a text. Or
even better, tweet, Facebook message, or touch base in some other means. You can see what
others are doing within seconds of them doing it, assuming they share it on a social network of
some sort. It’s not hard to catch up with someone if they want you to find them. Kids have no
idea how convenient this is in our daily lives (privacy concerns aside).

2. Immediate Access to Information and Hashtags

Social media is also very helpful for expanding our sources of content as a whole. With so much
being blogged and written, then curated and shared proactively, the volume of content has grown
exponentially. Now, there is no shortage of viewpoints and sources from which we can draw our
own conclusions about what is really happening in the world. It’s less important to have a news
team interpret it on our behalf.
Here’s one that originated on Twitter and eventually made its way out to the other social
networks. Hashtags served a very important purpose on Twitter in the early days – you could
create one tied to a specific trend, event, or topic, and filter out everything that didn’t relate to
the hashtag.
This was great for allowing a completely unstructured app like Twitter to enable focused
conversation. It’s amazing how people will find answers to problems or needs on their own, and
make the most of a platform. This was the beauty of Twitter – it was powerful in that you could
take its simplicity (140 characters of whatever you wanted to post) and tailor the experience to
your own preferences.
Now, hashtags have grown into a phenomenon of their own. Some people use them for snark,
others use them in the traditional way, and still others have been experimenting with completely
new ways of applying hashtags. Since they operate almost like keywords for social media,
they’ve truly become part of the culture of online discussions.

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3. More Level Playing Field for Business

Some may argue this point, but by providing us with global reach for our voices, social networks
enable businesses across the world to amplify their message in a way never thought possible only
a decade or two ago. In the old days, mass media ruled. A company had to pony up thousands or
even millions of dollars to be heard in most cases. Very large companies with deep pockets ruled
the roost. Only those businesses could afford to have wider reach.
Now, a small company can achieve global reach within days of launching their business when
the cards fall right. Perhaps it’s via an ingenious video, by sharing opinions that resonate and
haven’t been stated in the past, or creating new knowledge that spreads like wildfire. Maybe it’s
by simply sharing the business concept and bigger voices latching onto it. In any case, social
media has provided a means to have a voice on par with the big dogs for everyone, including the
smallest startups or “Mom & Pop” businesses.

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5. Consider the war in Marawi, if you were there trapped in the midst of the
war and armed with mobile phone with a battery almost dying out, give
at least 3 tweets or FB posts that you would like to tell the world at that
moment and explain your reasons for each.

1. I will trust in God with all my heart and soul even if I die today.
 - The reason why I would like to tweet this in the midst of a war is because I wanted
to show the world that even though I’m suffering and it’s hard, I would still be
worshipping God and I wou

2. All I see is cruelty of the people around me, Let us be united and help one
another to stop this war.

3. I’m trapped and I’ve got no one to save me, Please help the world to become
a better place to live in. Stop being a coward in fear. Peace is the ultimate
courage. NO MORE WARS!

How did the Syrian conflict begin? Using the figure above, analyze well as to what the
diagram suggests about its progression?
Who are the conflict actors? Which countries are involved and who’s allied with whom?
Why are they involved?
How many Syrians have been killed? How many have been forced to flee their homes –
those who have been displaced and who have registered as refugees?
What has the UN achieved so far in addressing the armed conflict?
How many resolutions have been passed in the UN Security Council?
Why is the war still going on? If this is the case, can we surmise that the UN failed to
address considerably the war in Syria? Why/ Why not?