Students who have relatives in the military who have been stationed abroad may have heard stories about living in the area where the war is happening. My students are unlikely to have heard stories like this, but I would find current examples of relationships developed among occupying forces in a war and the local people. Then I would use examples like the one Adam Ali recounts of the old Frankish knight, at whose house Usama ate, who had adopted the local dietary practices and how the Frankish woman in the market accused Usama of killing her brother but the knight testified for him. I would have students analyze the different types of interactions and relationships between people described in this brief account and ask them to compare them to modern examples. Why might these varied types of relationships develop among supposed warring enemies?