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Name:CAYMO,
JANNAMARI
EG. Bl
ock:BSEDI
IIENGLI
SH
Dat
eofSubmi
ssi
on:Oct
ober28,
2021 Rat
ing:

Act i
vi
ty:Find two featur
earti
cleswr i
ttenby1 aut hor
.Review and anal
yzei t
s
structur
e,technical
it
y,andyourpersonalassessmentaboutt
heaut horandhis/
her
featureart
icles.

WhatIl
earnedf
rom myf
reedom f
ight
erf
ather
by
:YaraLukman
OnJune21wer ememberoneoft hest
rongestandmostinf
luent
ialpersonsinour
l
ives—ourfathers.Bef
oreweknewtheworldandit
srul
es,manyofusf i
rstlear
nedour
father
’swords,acti
onsandst
andar
ds.

Iam shar
ingsomeli
fereminder
sIlear
nedf r
om myl
atef
ather
,Abebakr
inLukman,
whi
chhopeful
l
ycanaddsubst
anceiny
ourli
fe.

Growi
ngupi nZamboangaCit
y,Iknewthatmyfather
,apureTausug,coul
dbest r
ictand
cal
m atthesameti
me.May bei
twasduet ohisexper
ienceasfor
merfreedom f
ighterf
or
Musli
m Fil
i
pinosst
ri
vi
ngforsel
f-
deter
minati
on,mixedwithhi
sreser
vedandquietnature.

Foraslongaswecoul dremember
,myy oungerbr
otherandIsawourf
atherper
formthe
fi
vedail
yprayer
sr equi
redi
nIsl
am.Healsoledtheprayer
ssothatwecouldemulat
ethe
properwayofdoingthem.Heemphasi
zedthatourfai
thshoul
dbeourtoppri
ori
ty.

Myf atherst
udi
edjournal
ism andonceheldpositi
onsrel
atedt
ocommuni cat
ion.Fr
om
2002t o2005,hewasexecut i
vedirect
oroftheBureauofPublicInf
ormati
onoft he
defunctAutonomous Region in Musli
m Mindanao (
now Bangsamoro Aut
onomous
RegioninMusli
m Mindanao).

I
nmyt eenageyears,hewaskeenont eachi
ngmebasicjournal
ism aft
erseei
ngmy
i
nter
estinreadi
ngandwr it
ing.Itwasli
kehewaspassingonhisskil
lst
ome.Hebought
mebooksaboutt her ul
esofwr i
ti
ngand“ NancyDr
ew”my ster
ynov el
ssoIcould
i
mprovemyanal yt
icalandwrit
ingski
ll
s.

I
tisimport
anttohav eaf at
herwhoexer
tseff
ort
storeinf
orcethei
nter
est
sofhi
schi
ld.
Theimpactofaf ather
’ssuppor
tal
sodeter
minesthecapabil
i
tyofhi
schil
dtor
eachhis
orhergr
eatestpotenti
al.

Oneofhisunf
orget
tabl
eremi
nder
swast
hatmi
ssi
ngbr
eakf
astwasnotgoodf
ormy
heal
th.

“
Breakf
astisthemostimport
antmealoftheday.Whenyout
akey
ourbr
eakf
ast
,you
won’
teasi
lygethungr
yfort
herestoft
heday,
”het
oldme.
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Itwastrue.Havi
ngaful
ltummyear
lyi
nthemor
ningal
way
smademef
eelr
eadyf
or
anyt
hingthatmaycr
opupduri
ngt
heday
.

Myfatherhadt
hishabi
tofpacki
nghisbagsonetotwoweeksbef
oreaschedul
edt
ri
p.
Healsowenttotheair
por
tfourtof
ivehour
sbeforehi
sfl
i
ght.Healway
sall
ott
edext
ra
t
ime.

Beingprepar
edmadehi mfeelcomfort
able.Whenaplannedweekl
ong,
work-
rel
atedt
ri
p
wassuddenlyreducedtoathr
ee-dayschedul
e,hedi
dnotf i
ndi
tdif
fi
cul
ttoadj
usttot
he
si
tuati
onbyremov i
ngthi
ngshewouldbringwit
hhim.

“Weshouldal
waysbeonest
epaheadofanysi
tuat
ion,
butweal
sohav
etobef
lexi
blef
or
changes,
”hesai
d.

Myf
athert
aughtmeandmybr
otherhowt
obehospi
tabl
eandr
espect
ful
ofv
isi
tor
s.

Hetol
dusthatwhensomebodyknockedonthegat
e( i
fitwassomeoneweknew or
wer
eexpect
ing)
,weshoul
dal
waysmakethem f
eel
welcome.

Also,ifav i
sit
orwasint
helivi
ngr oom andwewer ebusydoingsomet
hingel
se,my
fathertol
dust omaket
imetomeett hevisit
orev
enforjustamoment,evenifmy
brotherorIwasnott
hemainpurposeofthevisi
t.

My80-year
-ol
dfatherdi
edofahear
tat
tackonJan.11i
nCot
abat
oCi
ty.Hewasbur
iedi
n
ZamboangaCity
.

Hi
slastlessonf
ormewastokeepmysur r
oundingscl ean,nomatterwhat
.Asagirl
,I
f
eltgui
l
tyshowinghimt
hatIdidnotthi
nkaboutt hatsi mplebutveryi
mport
antt
ask,
whenIwasnotablet
owi
pethedustof
fourpickuptruck’swindows.

“Whet
heryou’
regoi
ngtousesomet
hingi
mmedi
atel
yornot
,youshoul
dal
way
skeepi
t
cl
ean,
”hesaidwi
thconv
ict
ion.

Thosewor dsseemedpredi
cti
veofthepreventi
vemeasuresthatevery
onei
ntheworl
d
shoul
df ol
l
ownowt of
ightt
henewcor onavi
rus.Tome,hiswor dsseemedt
omarkthe
begi
nningofthefat
eofhumanityt
hisy
ear,perhapst
hisdecade.

Losingmyf
atherwast
hegr
eat
estpai
nIhav
efel
t.ButIknewev
ery
thi
nghappenedf
ora
reason.

I
fyoustil
lhav
ethechance,show y
ourlov
eandr espectforyourfather
.Itrul
ylearned
t
hatdespit
ehisi
mperf
ecti
ons,myf at
hercoul
dloveperfectl
y.Hislovetranscendshis
l
i
fet
ime.
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My1stRamadanmar
kedwi
thheav
yhear
t
By
:YaraLukman
Thi
sist
hef
ir
stRamadant
hatIam obser
vingwi
thaheav
yhear
tandanenr
agedmi
nd.

Asa21-year-
oldMusl
im,Ihav
eal
waysgr
eetedt
hefi
rstdayoft
hishol
ymonth—t
heninth
monthoftheIsl
amiccal
endar
,at
imeMusl
imsfastf
rom dawnt
osunset—wi
thagrat
eful
,
happyoutl
ook.

Whennewsbr okeoutaboutt hecl

ashesbetweengov
ernmentt
roopsandtheMaute
groupinMarawiCity,
Iwasdumbf ounded,
asIhadn’
tmovedonfr
om theexpl
osi
ont
hat
happenedatArianaGrande’
sconcer
tinManchest
er.

Icouldn’
tsleepwell
—t hi
nkingofallmyfri
ends,famili
esdi
stur
bed,per
sonskill
ed,and
housesand schoolbui l
dings damaged i
nt he ci
ty.And j
ustli
ke anyone who has
experi
encedconfl
i
ct,If
oundi thardt
oful
lytakei
nwhatwashappeningtoMi ndanao,my
fi
rsthome.

Igrewupandf i
nishedmyundergr
aduat
est
udi
esinZamboangaCi
ty,andIal
sospenta
few chi
ldhoodyearsinDavao.Now Iam worki
nginoneofMet roManil
a’
scrucial
newsrooms—theInquir
er.

Lookingatphot
osandv ideosoffami
l
ies,seni
orcit
izensandi
nnocentchi
ldr
enf l
eei
ng
thei
rbelovedMarawiCit
ywasnoteasy .I
tremindedmeoft hetr
aumaIandpeopl ein
Zamboangaf el
tinSeptember2013,whenr ebel
sf rom t
heMoroNat i
onalLiber
ati
on
Front
’s(MNLF)NurMi suarif
act
ionat
tackedbarangaysRioHondo,Sta.Bar
bara,Sta.
Catal
inaandMariki
.

Alt
houghourhomewasaboutf i
vetosixkil
ometer
sf r
om thewarzone,mypar ent
sandI
coul
dst i
llhearsomeechoedex plosi
ons.Mysadnessdoubl edwhenIsawt hedi ff
icul
t
si
tuati
on( hunger
,heat
,heavyrai
n)besett
ingthedispl
acedpeopl
ei nevacuat
ioncenters
andtents,whenmyf ri
endsandIv ol
unt
eeredtohel
pi nrel
i
efoperat
ions.

Leavi
ngthehomeofy ourchi
l
dhoodisdif
fi
cul
t,especi
all
yift
her
easoni
sasear
chfor
sanct
uary.Yourhouseisli
keabestfri
endandprotect
or.Wheny
ougoaway
,apartof
youstay
si nt
hewallsandever
ypartofi
t.

Thehomeseesandembr
acesev
ery
thi
ngi
nyout
hatnotal
lpeopl
esee.

MyangerpeakedwhenIsawphot
osofdeadbodi
esofi
nnocentci
vi
li
ansl
yi
ngongr
assy
ar
easandstreet
sinMar
awi.

Surel
ythei
rfamil
iesorchi
ldr
enaregri
evi
ngandt
ryi
ngt
ocompr
ehendt
heunbel
i
evabl
e
real
it
ytheci
ty—andthecount
ry—i
sfaci
ng.

Whywoul dt
heIsl
amicStateofIr
aqandSyr
ia(I
sis)f
oll
owersandmemberwannabes
at
tackpeopl
einan“I
slami
ccit
y”whent
heycl
aimthatt
heythemsel
vesar
eMusl
i
ms?
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TheMauteandAbuSay
yafgroupsmayadmir
eIsi
sandwhat
everi
trepr
esent
s,butar
e
theyr
eal
l
ysuret
hatt
hei
respousal
oft
err
ori
sm i
swort
hit
?

Thef actis,I
sisandot hert
errori
stgroupsrecrui
tmember sviatheint
ernet
—y oungand
old,menandwomen—byi nsti
l
linginthem anideol
ogy :
thattheyhaveachoicet oescape
theinjusti
cest heyhaveexperi
encedbyembr aci
ngt hewayoft hegunorv iolenceasa
wayofl i
fe;t
hatt hegunistheonl ypowert heyneedt ogetaheadi nlif
e;thatinterr
or
groups,theyfindasenseofbel ongingandbr ot
herhood;thattobeanI si
smemberi sto
bethebestMusl im.

Inast
udyconduct
edl
astyearbypeace-
buil
dingor
gani
zat
ionI
nternat
ionalAl
ert
,povert
y
andl
ackofj
obopport
uni
ti
eswereidenti
fi
edasmaindri
ver
sforyoungSy r
ianst
ojoinIsi
s.

Choosi ngtobeat err

ori
stasal astresortt
osur vi
veoradv anceacausecant husbe
l
ikenedt oprost
it
uti
onast helastmeansofl i
vingforpoorandmar ginal
i
zedwomen.Iti
s
l
iker esorti
ngtothedeat hpenaltywhengov er
nmentof f
ici
alsthinkallot
herwaysto
detercr i
mehavebeenpr ovenineff
ecti
ve.Theendgamei ssupposedt obeabett
erworl
d
forMusl imstol
ivei
n—freef r
om “nonbeli
ever
s.”

However
,terror
ism doesnomor ethancatcht
heatt
ent
ionofaut
hor
iti
esandinsti
llf
ear
amongpeople.Aslongasthereister
ror
ism,Musl
i
mswillbedi
scr
imi
natedagainst
,even
i
fsomeoft hem arepeace-
lov
ing,ashowMusli
msshoul
dbeinthefi
rstpl
ace.

Iti
snaturalf
orust ohavediff
erences,buti
tdoesnotmeanweshoul dal way
sfocuson
them.Andmanypubl icoff
ici
alsarenotgull
ibl
eenoughtogi
veintoallthedemandsofa
cert
aingroupjustbecausetheybeheadedaper son.Ki
l
li
nginnocentpeoplei
snotatal
l
necessar
yandef f
ecti
veinachievi
ngabet t
erworld.

Tothey oungmenandwomenat t
ractedt
ojoi
ningter
rorgr
oupsandfi
ghti
ngfor“utopi
an”
i
deologi
es, pl
easethi
nktwi
ce,becauseyourf
uturecanbebri
ght
erthanyouthink.Andit
i
sal waysbettertochooseli
feinsteadofvi
olenceanddeathforyour
selfandf ort
he
peoplearoundyou.

Att hesamet i
me,peopl eint hegovernmentshoul ddot heirparti
ngivingev er
yone
his/herdue,r
egardlessofage,genderorr el
igi
on,asaconst antrul
eofj ust
ice.They
shouldnotprotectorconnivewit
hterrori
stsforself
ishint
erestsandgetashar eofthe
ransom money.Otherwise,
terr
ori
sm will
foreverhauntourchil
dren’
schi
ldr
en.
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STRUCTURE
Readi ngandexami ni
ngt hef eaturear ticlesofYar aLukmanent i
tledWhatI
l
ear nedf rom myf r
eedom f ight erfatherandMy1stRamadanmar kedwi thheav y
hear t
.Ihav enot iced,t hatt het woar t
iclesf ollow t hest andardst ruct urewheni t
comest owr it
ingaf eaturear ticl
esuchast heTi tl
e,Introduction,Mai nbodyand
Concl usion.Fori nstances,Yar aLukmancer tainlycapt urest heat tention oft he
reader sast het i
tlesofherar ticlesar equi teint rudingtot hecur i
osi t
yoft her eaders
thus,itur gest hem t or eadt hear t
icle.Mor eso, wheni tcomest ot hei ntroductionin
thef i
rstpar agraphsoft hear ticles,“OnJune21wer ememberoneoft hest rongest
andmosti nf l
uentialper sonsi nourl i
ves—ourf at hers.Bef oreweknewt hewor l
dand
i
tsr ul
es, manyofusf i
rstlearnedourf at
her ’
swor ds,acti
onsandst andar ds.”“Thisis
thef i
rstRamadant hatIam obser vingwi t
haheav yheartandanenr agedmi nd.Asa
21-year -
oldMusl im,Ihav eal way sgr eetedt hef irstdayoft hishol ymont h—t heninth
mont hoft heI sl
ami ccal endar ,at i
meMusl imsf astf r
om dawnt osunset —wi t
ha
grateful,happyout look.”Wecansay ,thatthewr i
terexplici
tl
ypr ovidesnecessar y
backgr oundi nf
or mat i
on, createsar elati
onshipbet weent hewr i
terandr eader sand
establisht hewr i
ter’
st onet hatmakest hei ntr
oduct ionswel l-
wri
tten.

Addi ti
onally,themai nbodyoft hear ticlesconsi stsofanumberofpar agr aphs
thatexpandt hemai nt opi coft hear t
icle.Al so, itincor por atest hosecomponent st hat
are usual l
yf ound i nt he bodyt hati ncl udes f act s whi ch suppor tst he wr iter’
s
viewpoi nt,“Inast udyconduct edl asty earbypeace- bui l
dingor ganizationI nternat i
onal
Alert,pov ert
yandl ackofj oboppor t
uni t
ieswer ei dent if
iedasmai ndr iversf ory oung
Sy r
ianst ojoinI s.Per
si sonalv iewpoint s,forexampl e,“Itisi mpor t
antt ohav eaf ather
whoexer tsef f
ortst or einforcet hei nterest sofhi schi ld.Thei mpactofaf ather ’
s
suppor tal sodet ermi nest hecapabi li
tyofhi schi l
dt or eachhi sorhergr eat est
pot enti
al.”“Thehomeseesandembr acesev erythingi ny out hatnotal lpeopl esee. ”,
quot ati
ons,l ike“Br eakf asti st hemosti mpor t
antmealoft heday .Wheny out ake
yourbr eakf ast,youwon’ teasi l
ygethungr yf ort her estoft heday ,
”het oldme. ”“ We
shoul dalway sbeonest epaheadofanysi tuat i
on, butweal sohav et obef l
exibl efor
changes, ”hesai d. ”
, anecdot essuchas“ Myf atherhadt hishabi tofpacki nghi sbags
onet otwoweeksbef or easchedul edt rip.Heal sowentt ot heairpor tf ourt of i
ve
hour sbef orehisf l
ight .Heal way sal lottedext rat ime. ”“ Althoughourhomewas
aboutf i
vet osixki lomet ersf rom thewarzone,mypar ent sandIcoul dst i
llhear
someechoedexpl osions. ”andspeci fic,names,pl acesanddat ethewr it
er sinflicted
suchas“ From 2002t o2005,hewasexecut ivedi rectoroft heBur eauofPubl i
c
Informat i
onoft hedef unctAut onomousRegi oni nMusl im Mi ndanao. ”“ Itremi nded
meoft het raumaIandpeopl einZamboangaf el tinSept ember2013,whenr ebels
from t heMor oNat ionalLi berati
onFr ont ’
s( MNLF)NurMi suarif actionat tacked
barangay sRi oHondo, St a.Bar bara,Sta.Cat alinaandMar iki.”
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Further mor e,f ort heconcl usi onst heconcl udingpar agraphs“ Ifyoust i
llhav ethe
chance,show y ourl oveandr espectf oryourf at
her .It r
ulyl earnedt hatdespi tehi s
i
mper fect i
ons,myf athercoul dl oveper fectl
y.Hisl ovet ranscendshi sl i
fetime. ”“To
the y oung men and women at tr
acted toj oini
ng t errorgr oupsand f ighting f or
“utopian”i deol ogies,pleaset hinkt wice,becausey ourf uturecanbebr ighterthany ou
thi
nk.Andi tisal way sbet t
ert ochoosel if
einsteadofv iolenceanddeat hfory ourself
andf ort hepeopl ear oundy ou.Att hesamet i
me,peopl ei nt hegov er nmentshoul d
dot hei rparti ngivingev eryonehi s/herdue, regardlessofage, genderorr eligion, asa
const antr uleofj ustice.Theyshoul dnotpr otectorconni vewi thterrorist
sf orsel fi
sh
i
nter est sandgetashar eoft her ansom money .Ot her wise,t err
orism wi llf orever
hauntourchi ldren’schi l
dren.”gi vesal asti
ngi mpressiont ot her eader sasi tremi nds
them whati st hear t
iclesmai ni deas, i
tsuggest sanappr opriatecour seofact ionand
encour ageachangeofat titudeofv i
ews.Tosum i tal l
,Yar aLukmanwr ot ethe
featur ear t
iclesinawel l
-structuredmanner .

TECHNI
CALI
TY
Wheni tcomest othet echni
caliti
esoft hepr esent edfeatur
ear ti
clesIthi
nk,
YaraLukmancombi nef actsaboutt het opicswi thef f
ectivenarrati
veski l
l
s.The
writerpr ov
idesi ndepthdet ai
lsaboutaper sonorasi tuationthatenhancet hereader
under standing.Seemi ngly,shewr otei nanact ivevoicewher ei
nsheut i
li
zedactive
verbs.Thear ticl
esar ewel l-
wr i
tt
enusi ngst orytell
i
ngt echniquesinsteadofsi mply
prov i
dingf actsthatgr abther eader
’sat t
ention.Nev ertheless,theuseofanecdot es,
specificname,pl aceand dat eandt heembodi mentofdet ail
sthatempl oysenses
makest her eaderbelievethatheorshei sact uall
ypar toft hestoryresul
tingforthe
wideengagementoft hereader stot
hef eaturear ti
cles.

PERSONALASSESSMENTABOUTTHEAUTHORANDHI
S/HERFEATUREARTI
CLES
I
nmyper sonalv iews,Icansayt hatYar aLukmanasanaut hori squi te
i
mpr essivebecauseuponr eadi
ngherar ti
clesIf i
ndi ti
nterestingandengagi ng.Asan
authorshei si ndeedast orytell
er,shei ncorporatessi gni
ficantwr i
ti
ngt echniques
thatar esubst antialforther eaderst oemer geint hosear ti
clest hatshewr ote.Mor e
so, IthinkYaraLukmani soneoft hosegr eataut horswhocani ncludet heirper sonal
exper iencestoi nspire,t
eachandcr eateemi nentimpactt oawi derangeofr eaders.
Wi t
hr egar dstot his,cl
aimi ngYaraLukmanasagr eatauthorcl early
,Icanst atet hat
herf eature arti
cles are wel l
-wr
itt
en.I tcomposes oft he i mpor tantpar ts and
element sneededi naf eat ur
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