The 16 year old who decided to go to Iraq

Pajamas Media has a round up of blogs and stories about this kids excellent adventure.

Talk about immersion journalism: Farris Hassan, a 16-year old boy from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, skipped classes one week earlier than the Christmas break was supposed to start. The son of two Iraqi-Americans living in the US for 35 years, and speaking no Arabic, Farris decided sneak into Iraq via Kuwait on his own without even telling his parents, to complete an assignment for his journalism class. He was handed to the US embassy in Baghdad by the 101st Airborne after the Associated Press -who got a nice exclusive- called them when the boy walked into its bureau to announce its editors he was there to do research and humanitarian work. During his adventure, Farris Hassan wrote an essay: "[t]here is a struggle in Iraq between good and evil, between those striving for freedom and liberty and those striving for death and destruction [...] Those terrorists are not human but pure evil. For their goals to be thwarted, decent individuals must answer justice's call for help. Unfortunately altruism is always in short supply. Not enough are willing to set aside the material ambitions of this transient world, put morality first, and risk their lives for the cause of humanity. So I will."
Check out the links and commentary. I think he may have a future in journalism if he is not grounded for life when he gets home.

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