For our Shabanews Project we were asked to write an article using a topic from a news article, but then you had to connect the theme of the article to a heme in Shabanu. So my group chose “Business”. Then we were also asked to film a news cast or record a radio program. So my group chose to film a news cast. If you would like to watch the video I will put it at the end of the post.
So here is the script for the video if you would like to read it.
Script (we did some improv but it is basically the same as the video):
Intro: Theme song
Armant: Hello this is Zakariyya Darzi here at Global News. Business has been off the charts. Here in Pakistan we have seen the finest camels on the face of the earth. Oh, James Adams is down at the Sibi fair. Let’s go take a look.
Gus: Hello, I would just like to say that out here we have the finest camels. But by far there is one camel salesmen who trumps them all.
(Cut into interview)
Gus: Hello Mr. Abassi What is it that you do exactly to make your camels so great.
Will: Well you know it’s hard to train camels. But I don’t think of my camels as camels I think of my camels as family.
Gus: I have heard that you have been known to SLAP your daughter. Is this true
Will: Yes it is true. The reason I slap my daughter is because you need to teach discipline in some way. And I feel this way works just fine.
Gus: I was wondering why did you chose to become a camel farmer when you could have chosen any job?
Will: Well my father was part of the Nawabs Camel Corps and so I guess I always had a connection with camels and formed an unbreakable bond.
Gus: Thanks. Now back to Konrad
(cut back to Konrad)
Konrad: Hello, my name is Talib Omar and there is a humongous storm about to hit the Cholistan Desert. We advise staying in your huts and houses and not going outside at all costs. This is also is affecting businesses all around the desert. This is going to be a tough year for the camel business. All of the camels at the sibi fair or traveling back from the sibi fair will be decimated. Back to you Zakariyya Darzi.
(Cut to Armant)
Armant: Well that’s all for today folks thanks for listening and come back tomorrow for another report on this sand storm.
End Script
In the article we talked about similar things but it had some other things in it
Here is the Article:
Business in the Middle east
Oct. 3, 1983
What’s the first thing that you think of when you think of business? You probably just thought about a car salesman or a man in a suit. In the Middle East business is a whole different market. Instead of people in fancy suits, camels are the biggest attraction in this desert. They don’t have any cars so (other than walking) camels are the main way of transportation. We went down to the 1983 sibi fair and searched far and wide for the finest camels. There are thousands of camels in the sibi fair but one stood out the most. His name was Gulaband. Many a man tried and tried to haggle with Mr. Abbasi for Guluband but he is such an amazing camel that nat a single person has given a high enough price. Because Mr. Abbasi has so many high quality camels many people can’t afford his camels, so they visit a man by the name of Muhammad Shahzada who also has high quality camels just not quite the same as Mr. Abbasi.
Another attraction to the Middle Eastern people is the clothing. Although these clothes do not come in mainstream brands there are many high quality companies out there. The street venders and store keepers make a lot of money with these items because all you need to make them is a loom and some yarn. It’s sort of like shoes. Everybody has at least a pair. It is also sacrilegious not to wear them.cover your head so the the vendors know that there will always be buyers.
This concludes this column of “Business in the Middle East.” If you found this article interesting then tune in next week for more. Thanks and remember to buy your Chadrs.
