Trouble

Toil. It's rough trying to get some information on the Middle East. First of all, there are sooo many different countries and different cultures there that it is nearly impossible to study such a vast place. And the really hard thing about it is alot of the people there are not all that different from people here, but some of them are, sometimes their values are different and sometimes they're not. I'm having trouble even just breaking it down. I looked at Bahrain...and then at Turks.
But I am fascinated with far-away places. Iran is so far away from my small dull town in the american midwest. The hicks here don't appreciate far away places at all. I really want to know what it's like in the OUTSIDE world. I need to open up my box. I've been living in this hole for too long. Leaving home for college isn't enough. I want to SEE EVERYTHING. Though, this is not that good.
I went to my local library looking for information. All I could find were books on the wars and the American involvment in the middle east. This saddens me because...americans can be so arrogant. Sigh. There are those of us who like to think outside the box, or in my case, the hole. Argh!