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Family Life
1. List the members of your family (include name, age, occupation
and grade/level of education):
The grandparents in the first house:
Grandfather: Mahdi, 74, retired from the oil industry
Grandmother: Shaimaa, 59, housewife
Daughter: Amira, 34, works in shop at the airport
Daughter: Ikhlas, 27, works on computers in the Oil Ministry
Son: Falah: 21, studying music at the Baghdad Academy
of Music
All together Mahdi and Shaimaa have 8 children, 5 of them
married and living in different houses.
In the second house:
Married daughter: Alia, 34, elementary school teacher
Her husband: Abed Ali, 45, works for the Army
Daughter: Wasan, 19, works in shop at airport
Daughter: Sahar, 17, studying to be secretary
Daughter: Hala, 12, student
Son: Ahmad, 7, student
Daughter: Suher (Susu), 18 months
2. How large a family did each parent come from?
Shaimaa: no brothers or sisters
Mahdi: 2 sisters and 5 brothers
3. How much time does your family spend together at
work and play?
Our family spends a lot of time together. There is a lot of
solidarity around. The two families visit each other, at the
different homes, late in the afternoon, at Friday dinners or for
any special celebrations.
4. How far do you commute to work or school?
Wasan and Amira: 15 minutes
Abed Ali and Alia: 30 minutes
Falah: 40 minutes.