9/11 VOX POPS - Students reflect, Pakistan
- 12 years ago
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab speaks with Pakistani students about their impressions and the effects of the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States..
IMTIAZ: The events of September 11th have had a huge impact around the world... And the ramifications of which are still strongly felt here in Pakistan. I'm at the Islamabad College of Arts and Sciences with year 11 students. Good morning class. Let's talk a little bit about September 11th, what have you been taught about that day?
LARA: Well, officially the event of 9/11 is not part of our history courses. So, we haven't been taught about it properly in class. But, yes, I do think it should be taught all over Pakistan because this is an incident that has affected Muslims directly so much and, you know, the image of Muslims around the world and it's important to know exactly what happened, what the aggression of people abroad or wherever have against Muslims... And how we can project ourselves better.
IMTIAZ: OK, thanks for that. Let's go over here... What have you learned about the September 11th attacks which took place 10 years ago?
DANIYAL: Well, I mean for the past 10 years we have only been seeing on the news what America has been showing. What we are learning everyday is that it's still a fight over who's more powerful... The extremists or the Americans. While we haven't exactly been taught about the event but, we know how it is affecting us as students and as the common public of Pakistan.
IMITAZ: OK, some interesting views here at the Islamabad College of Arts and Sciences... The effects of September 11th -- while not being taught in classrooms like this -- is certainly an issue that many of students know about and of course, brings about some very strong emotions.
IMTIAZ: The events of September 11th have had a huge impact around the world... And the ramifications of which are still strongly felt here in Pakistan. I'm at the Islamabad College of Arts and Sciences with year 11 students. Good morning class. Let's talk a little bit about September 11th, what have you been taught about that day?
LARA: Well, officially the event of 9/11 is not part of our history courses. So, we haven't been taught about it properly in class. But, yes, I do think it should be taught all over Pakistan because this is an incident that has affected Muslims directly so much and, you know, the image of Muslims around the world and it's important to know exactly what happened, what the aggression of people abroad or wherever have against Muslims... And how we can project ourselves better.
IMTIAZ: OK, thanks for that. Let's go over here... What have you learned about the September 11th attacks which took place 10 years ago?
DANIYAL: Well, I mean for the past 10 years we have only been seeing on the news what America has been showing. What we are learning everyday is that it's still a fight over who's more powerful... The extremists or the Americans. While we haven't exactly been taught about the event but, we know how it is affecting us as students and as the common public of Pakistan.
IMITAZ: OK, some interesting views here at the Islamabad College of Arts and Sciences... The effects of September 11th -- while not being taught in classrooms like this -- is certainly an issue that many of students know about and of course, brings about some very strong emotions.