GHS208-05 Fall 2019 China and the Islamic Middle East
Global and Historical Studies at Butler University
While reading Chapter 10 in Aslan, we hear early on about how many families and children escaped Iran in a time of need for safety and allowing for their children to miss out on military duty. In this chapter we see how the life of people can change rapidly for those who were able to …
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This was my second day volunteering at the International Festival at the state fairgrounds. Overall I would say it was a similar experience to the first day with some minor differences. All of the booths that were there on the first day were also there on the 9th, which gave me a chance to discover …
While studying the Qur’an at Sunday school for my service, we actually studied and read from an Arabic Qur’an. We were given the book and then were instructed to open to a certain Surah. The Arabic language is read from back to forward. It took me a good five minutes to try and figure out …
For this weeks’ service at Nur-Allah, I assisted in helping the lesson on why Islam is their religion. There was only one student today so there was not a lot of assisting to do, but instead, I just listened and learned from the Sunday school teacher. The lesson began with listening to a speech from …
Being a Political Science and International Studies major, I have studied democracy in multiple countries across the globe. I found chapter 10 in “No God but God” about democracy and Islam to be quite interesting. When Iran was adapting to a new democratic government, I find it quite interesting that they decided to do one …
I was so glad that we got the information about the Center for Citizenship and Community Drum Circle! I had no idea it was going to happen, and it was a really special thing to go see. The students participating were part of the drum circle that sounds like it’s part of a Butler ICR. …
I have been trying to follow up on recent news going on in Egypt since I am for one trying to catch up on everything going on around the world these days. However, I did find some very interesting information going on in Egypt, from the New York Times. This article was about how a …
Howdy there, this weekend I went home just because why not. AND I was talking about this class with my brother…well my dad being his wise, knowledgeable, and history self had to step in. I never mind talking about history with my dad its just I was tired and yes this talk went from nine …
Before doing the reading for class Thursday, I had only heard about Sufism once before. In one of my high school religion classes, we briefly talked about Sufism but we did not go into much detail about it. Looking back, I think my teacher mentioned it was a thing and then continued on, but it …
This past week during english class At IPS Newcomer; the article/subject was on a literature reading by Julia Alvarez. The passage was on her being born in America while being a Dominican (aka American-Dominican). There were two sections that the class focused on, the first was on how she was bullied and made fun of …