USMAN and Ali Muhammad looked satisfied after being photographed by their mother in front of a bronze statue at Menteng Park, Central Jakarta. The boys were taken by their mother, Sussan, because they were curious to see little Barack Obama—even if it is just a statue.

Usman is a fifth grade student at an elementary school in Matraman, Jakarta. His brother is in the first grade at the same school. They live in Menteng, where Obama spent his ch