Ali could not beleive his luck, rather he was dumbstruck while the huge black guy shoving his shiny 9mm Beretta 92FS against his face asking for cash on him stood in the dark of the night getting impatient by the second. It was a dramatic and most undesired end to an enchanting evening he had spent with her class mate Laila, a MBA student like him at the American University from Lebonan and this encounter was taking place at none other location but the American University Park at Washington DC. Laila was equally shocked by this aggression but seemed under control. God knows what sparked the mind of Ali, frustation of not having any cash on him or the need to prove his guts to his girlfriend when Ali suddenly picked up a midsize stone at his footstep out of a rockery and hit it directly at the black guy. His target caught the black guy right in the face only after he had he had pulled the trigger of his 9mm. The bullet hit Ali in the chest and he fell while Laila could not control her hysterical scream witnessing the scene. The black guy just ran out towards the darkness. Laila called 911 and tried helping poor Ali, who was evidently having trouble breathing while he went unconcious.
The ambulance reached the sibley memorial hospital within no time. The Emergency staff at the hospital took over from there and started an all out effort to recover Ali who's right lung had been punctured by the bullet. His condition was highly critical. The doctors started the procedure upon Ali. It could be either ways from here for Ali considering the nature of the injury. He was hanging in there till than.
United States of America is the leader of the world with the strongest military, freedom and quality of life people from around the world dream of having. The lifestyle of Americans is the dream millions of humans around the globe want to live. The "American Dream" is not merely a slogan but an obsession for countless around the globe. The facade of this dream however shows the rossy picture or is deliberately seen as such by the aspirants of living this dream. It is most true that USA is a land of opportunity irrespective of race and creed unlike any other place in the world with success stories in huge abundance for the native people of the those setllers who did succeed and have beaten the odds living the American dream. Their stories are truely inspiring and proves the merits of struggle and knowledge in the land of level playing feild with equal opportunities they call America. It is the sole current superpower of the world. The rise of the gaint known as the USA is based upon embracing multicultures and races who participated in her growth at each step. However with the diverse power and population also came associated problems. The USA, few know is the country also with the highest crime rate in the world. Almost double that to the next on the list, which is surprisingly UK. There seems to be an intimate connection between, muticulturism, economic growth and crime rate if we study the top ten countries in the crime rate index around the globe being USA, UK, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, South Africa, Cananda, Italy and India. Well these are however a risk and price most willing to live the American dream agree to take and pay, so did Ali. So the crowds of American Dream's inspired aspirants grow by the day till todate ready to take their chances. But when the dream shatters after hard hitting the realities for those who are not skilled and sharp enough, they turn towards making easy cum illegal money for a living ultimately ending up in the jails or hell only after shooting further the ridiculously high crime rate of the US.
Ali belonged to a middle class Pakistani family living in the city of Lahore. His father is a retired government servant living in Johar Town, a newly built housing soceity of the city. It took almost all the life savings of Ali's father to make the house they now live in. Ali's siblings include two younger sisters and an elder brother who is doing post graduation at the Punjab University, aspiring to join the civillian superior services of Pakistan, a dream for any Pakistani youth for the power and status it is attached with the job. Ali was a top student at his high school known as intermediate college at Pakistan. He is a typical youth of urbanized educated class of Pakistan. He was an ardent lover of Hollywood movies, a habit he picked up from his father. U2, the American rock band is his favourite music while his elder brother prefers Brayn Adams like their father besides the classic American pop. His father was more than willing and happy to send Ali for studies at the USA which he could only manage after selling his ancestral village land, his last real estate possesion beside the house they lived in. The reason Ali's father went to the last extent to ensure Ali's admission and study at the USA is the dream every educated man sees for himself if not, than for his children to have a western education and if possible a permenant job there with the residency. The phenemenon is fuelled and supported by the American dream which is at the heart of majority of Pakistanis like that of peaple around the developing world and the middle east. Due credit is certain for the US global empire for keeping the dream alive at times as such through both propoganda but mostly by real time quality efforts for a life worth living at their homeland.
It was almost noon when Ali's father received the call from the New York. It was Najeeb, Ali's roommate at the American University of the Washington calling to break the news. Ali he told could not survive the shooting which was also a news for his father. While he was narrating the details, Ali's father collapsed on the sofa beside the phone and could not beleive what he was being told. The cry of anguish from the father's throat is what caught the attention the Ali's elder brother. He rushed towards his father who handed him the phone. The devastating news also blew his heart apart.
The dead body of Ali arrived the next week at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. Ali was burried under earth by the father who cherished his life and wanted to live the dream he shared by and through his son Ali , an "American Dream".
The ambulance reached the sibley memorial hospital within no time. The Emergency staff at the hospital took over from there and started an all out effort to recover Ali who's right lung had been punctured by the bullet. His condition was highly critical. The doctors started the procedure upon Ali. It could be either ways from here for Ali considering the nature of the injury. He was hanging in there till than.
United States of America is the leader of the world with the strongest military, freedom and quality of life people from around the world dream of having. The lifestyle of Americans is the dream millions of humans around the globe want to live. The "American Dream" is not merely a slogan but an obsession for countless around the globe. The facade of this dream however shows the rossy picture or is deliberately seen as such by the aspirants of living this dream. It is most true that USA is a land of opportunity irrespective of race and creed unlike any other place in the world with success stories in huge abundance for the native people of the those setllers who did succeed and have beaten the odds living the American dream. Their stories are truely inspiring and proves the merits of struggle and knowledge in the land of level playing feild with equal opportunities they call America. It is the sole current superpower of the world. The rise of the gaint known as the USA is based upon embracing multicultures and races who participated in her growth at each step. However with the diverse power and population also came associated problems. The USA, few know is the country also with the highest crime rate in the world. Almost double that to the next on the list, which is surprisingly UK. There seems to be an intimate connection between, muticulturism, economic growth and crime rate if we study the top ten countries in the crime rate index around the globe being USA, UK, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, South Africa, Cananda, Italy and India. Well these are however a risk and price most willing to live the American dream agree to take and pay, so did Ali. So the crowds of American Dream's inspired aspirants grow by the day till todate ready to take their chances. But when the dream shatters after hard hitting the realities for those who are not skilled and sharp enough, they turn towards making easy cum illegal money for a living ultimately ending up in the jails or hell only after shooting further the ridiculously high crime rate of the US.
Ali belonged to a middle class Pakistani family living in the city of Lahore. His father is a retired government servant living in Johar Town, a newly built housing soceity of the city. It took almost all the life savings of Ali's father to make the house they now live in. Ali's siblings include two younger sisters and an elder brother who is doing post graduation at the Punjab University, aspiring to join the civillian superior services of Pakistan, a dream for any Pakistani youth for the power and status it is attached with the job. Ali was a top student at his high school known as intermediate college at Pakistan. He is a typical youth of urbanized educated class of Pakistan. He was an ardent lover of Hollywood movies, a habit he picked up from his father. U2, the American rock band is his favourite music while his elder brother prefers Brayn Adams like their father besides the classic American pop. His father was more than willing and happy to send Ali for studies at the USA which he could only manage after selling his ancestral village land, his last real estate possesion beside the house they lived in. The reason Ali's father went to the last extent to ensure Ali's admission and study at the USA is the dream every educated man sees for himself if not, than for his children to have a western education and if possible a permenant job there with the residency. The phenemenon is fuelled and supported by the American dream which is at the heart of majority of Pakistanis like that of peaple around the developing world and the middle east. Due credit is certain for the US global empire for keeping the dream alive at times as such through both propoganda but mostly by real time quality efforts for a life worth living at their homeland.
It was almost noon when Ali's father received the call from the New York. It was Najeeb, Ali's roommate at the American University of the Washington calling to break the news. Ali he told could not survive the shooting which was also a news for his father. While he was narrating the details, Ali's father collapsed on the sofa beside the phone and could not beleive what he was being told. The cry of anguish from the father's throat is what caught the attention the Ali's elder brother. He rushed towards his father who handed him the phone. The devastating news also blew his heart apart.
The dead body of Ali arrived the next week at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. Ali was burried under earth by the father who cherished his life and wanted to live the dream he shared by and through his son Ali , an "American Dream".
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