When Usama was reunited with his cousin Abil.  He had explored the streets before seeing his cousin and realizing how everything has changed so much. People are acting wealthier and dressing better and eating more and stuffing their children and themselves with so much food like they had been starving forever.  It just seemed to be so plentiful. On p.27. This is significant because before this part in the book. Everything was so harsh and people were being shot down and discriminated against.  This shows the other side of the Muslim world.  To me this shows that the Muslim race isn't all that terrible, unlike the first part of the book which seemed somewhat horrific for me, reading about what these people are living through and now you have people eating well, being plump and seeming happy.  Which is all so different for Usama.