BLOOD’S THICKER THAN

WATERChapter 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING? The Family goes to Karachi Where is Karachi? Does Khalid Want to go? Why are they going there? Definition: “a fear or hatred of foreigners”

XENOPHOBIA “A sudden shiver rises up his spine. A damp,

fearful chill spreads over him, sinking deep inside, until a weird kind of paralysis sets in. He’d run out of the house in his open-necked school shirt and trousers, thinking he’d be back home in ten minutes. But in that time one event has changed his life. Being resented and feared for what? For having brown skin and black hair? For being a Muslim? A bitter, nasty feeling opens up inside, making him angry with himself for helping a woman who cant look beyond the surface and see he was only trying to help”(p.26)

XENOPHOBIA Questions (1) What was Khalid trying to do for the

Lady? (2) How did he feel about what

happened? (3) What does Xenophobia mean to you? (4)What does Khalid think about the

story that Nasir the Shopkeeper told him?

(5) Why does Khalid ask Tariq about Al-Queda?

CHAPTER 3: KARACHI

KARACHI

KARACHI

SHALWAR KAMEEZ