Lesson 1: The Story of a Disabled Asian Woman Nafesa Khanbhai

A- 1- The peak of Nafesa’s sufferings was being a Disabled –Asian- female.

2- Her dream of becoming a lawyer crashed.
3- She was treated rudely.
4- She was the only disabled member in the club.

B- 1- stared at her with a puzzle – pain- horror look.

2- she considered herself fortunate.
3- decided to prove her capabilities and create awareness about disability.

C-

D-1- She had kidney failure and had to undergo a major operation.

2- Kenya and UK are totally different countries especially in regarding to disabled people for
many reasons. First, in UK they support the disabled people socially and institutionally.
Second, persons with disabilities can pursue their education in spite of their condition.
Finally, citizens offer persons with special needs generally supportive attitude.

3- The Kenian society rejects the disabled people, so they face profound isolation and
prejudice among the Asian community. Also, people look at them with pity and puzzle- pain-
horror look at their faces. Moreover, they are treated rudely in the public places as what
happened with Nafesa at the airport.

4- In paragraph 7, Nafesa attempts to send a message that disabled people own special
abilities that allow them to be effective members in the society, and they have the right to be
treated well as normal people.

5- a- In this sentence the narrator compares her life to a hard, harsh trip among all sides. She
faces hardships for being a female in a country where they consider females as a second class
/ rank in the society, and what exacerbated the problem is that she was disabled and in their
community they treat people with special needs as different members and incomplete.
b- The narrator means that another dream she had was demolished and thrown away as it
was thrown in the garbage since it wasn’t appreciated in that society.

6- a- This in paragraph 1 refers to having disability.

b- It in paragraph 2 refers to the urine bag.
c- She in paragraph 4 refers to the lady.
d- That in paragraph 5 refers to the family.
e- They in paragraph 6 refers to Nafesa’s views