1. Summary
Hamid was a minister of Agriculture in Iraq for only two years, because he was dismissed by Saddam Husein. Hamid’s father is a carpet dealer never agreed if he was being the minister of agriculture. He always wanted him to join the family business.
One day he took his money from the Bank and changed it to the American dollars. The following Thursday, he and his pregnant wife (Shereen) took the bus to Ebril, and then took a taxi to Sulaimania, and another bus took them high into the hills of Kardistan. Hamid and his wife slept all the way through the long train journey to the Turkish capital, and woke up the following morning as refugees. They made visit to the America embassy to produce his diplomatic passport. So they move to the America and baggage of twenty three Turkish carpets. He decided to begin his new life in America. In the first year his carpets were sold out so he needed some new carpets for his stock. So his business flight to Istambul to took some new carpets.
On the plan he got a trouble. The plan’s wing was doesn’t work, so they had to do the transit in Baghdad airport. He was afraid if his passport would be checked, if any body knew that he was Iraq people he must be caught, so he told to the captain to ask some help. The captain suggested him to wear a uniform crew he wouldn’t be checked. But unfortunately Saad Al-Takrifi, one member of Saddam personal guard was suspicious about the crew. He checked the crew’s passport. He was angry when the captain gave him only fourteen passports. And there were fifteen crews. He wanted to check the crew by himself. In fact there were only fourteen crews there. Because Hamid was follow the plane which flight to New Delhi. The next day Hamid was go back to America and meet with his family again.
2. Character
- Hamid: he is a nice man, but he betrayed his country, he loves his family and he is a good father.
- Shereen: loyal to her husband, she is a good wife and a good mother.
- Captain: helpful and nice.
- Al-Takriti: bed tempered, resolute and accurate man.
- Hamid’s father: honest man.
3. Setting
· In Airport
· On the plane
· On the train
4. Point of view: the writer use third person.
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