Talal Rizk Obstacles

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Talal Rizq: Describe two obstacles Talal encountered during his life, and how he sought to overcome them in order to achieve his goals. Talal Rizk was raised in a middle-class Druze family in Damascus. He had well educated parents and they closely directed his education. He did well in school especially in history, literature, and languages. He attended American University at Beirut near Lebanon. Lebanon’s civil war was going on but, it was safe for him to attend school there. He came to understand the Arab world while in school and knew the obstacles and challenges he would face in his life became clear to him. Talal Rizk became a Syrian engineer and like other Syrian college graduates during the late 1990’s, he faced obstacles. One obstacle that he faced was …show more content…

The unemployment rates were above 20% and millions of Syrian workers were forced to look for jobs overseas. That was just what he did to overcome that obstacle, he accepted a job abroad which was unrelated to his degree in Saudi Arabia. His observations there allowed him to see why many educated Arabs found themselves caught between hope and despair. Another obstacle he faced was when his father died unexpectedly in September 1991, he was the only son so he felt he had to step up and care of his family. The carefree life he had at school ended when he had to come home. He refocused his studies on agriculture because it was more practical and that is what is father encouraged him to do when he was alive. He became too distracted so he withdrew from his courses and did not complete his classes because without his father’s income which was money for his tuition; it became a burden. When Talal was finally able to return to AUB, his friend helped him mend his focus. He overcame his depression as well as his obstacles and put his focus into school. In 1998, he finally reached his goals and he received his diploma in agricultural

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