We are Orphans and Two Shallow Graves

We are Orphans and Two Shallow Graves are both connected.  The essays are connected because they both take place in Middle Eastern areas.  And we(people who watch the news) are always hearing about these terrible things that go on in the Middle East.  It changed the way I read the essay because feel like have heard of these things before.  I knew the essay would have a sad tone when i realized the setting.  For example in "We are Orphans Here" the author mentions a little girl named Mira who was missing part of her arm and a kneecap due to a bus accident in which people burned to death.  Accident or not it seems like we always hear of these type of tragedies mostly in those areas.