Karima:  Muscat, Oman

This is my pencil.  It is really priceless for me.  The story about my pencil is that my brother went to the bookshop and he bought two pencils at the same time because he wanted to share with me the same thing.  So this was the only thing I shared with my brother that was the same thing.  We are only two, brother and sister, and he is my soul brother, so it is very priceless to me.  But, in the end, he threw his pencil away!

Before I do anything I have to go back to my pencil.  I love journalism and I am a journalist student and I use my pencil to do everything.  I write all my reports and articles with my pencil.  I never use lap-tops, I always use my pencil to write the first draft before I go to the computer.

My mother loves journalism.  She is not a writer, she’s a housewife, but she always told me to become a journalist because she always reads from the newspaper.  I love writing.  I like writing about politics, and also poems.  I am interested in international events, especially what’s going on in the USA with Obama’s election, and what is going on in Gaza right now.  I hope to work at the international level someday.  Being a journalist is important for me because it is a way to introduce myself to the world.