On Saturday, I went back to the International Festival and worked from 9-1. As some other classmates already discussed in their posts, the marathon made it almost impossible to get to the fairgrounds from campus. We seemed to keep having to backtrack and were wondering if we would ever make it to the festival. Luckily, …
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ICR: IACA International Festival Pt. 1
This past Friday, I volunteered at the Indianapolis International Festival for my ICR as a part of the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans. Myself and a few other classmates worked the 7-9 PM shift and I personally really enjoyed the experience. We got there and there wasn’t much of a crowd, but this made it …
ICR: Learning the Lion Dance
Last week on Monday, myself and a few other class members that are apart of IACA (Indiana Association of Chinese Americans) for our ICR credit joined Kwan, who is one of the IACA members, to rehearse the lion dance for the international festival that took place this past weekend. It was really interesting to see …
The Hajj Reflection
Like most items in Islamic culture, I was extremely unfamiliar with the Hajj and ideas that surround it. It was a pretty confusing concept at first, most likely because there is nothing like it in Christianity. I learned that the Hajj is sacred and specific to Muslims which implies that not just anyone can make …
Israel Baseball in 2020 Olympics
Continuing the conversation of baseball in the Middle East from my last post, there is some other interesting news involving the Israeli Association of Baseball. One of my teammates from high school is representing the United States in a qualifying tournament for the 2020 Olympics and I became curious about what teams were in the …
Baseball Rising in the Middle East
As I did with the China unit, I decided to look into baseball and its impact in the Middle East. I came across an article from the Washington Post written in 2018 that talks about a man named Kemp Gouldin and his efforts to bring the American pastime to the Middle East. Currently, no one …
Readings 10/31
As we continue to read the Qur’an, I keep making connections back to Christianity and the bible. I really focused on Sura 11 from our assigned reading for class. This Sura started out by basically discussing how God created all things in nature and talked about how God ultimately controls all outcomes. It coincided with …
Qur’an Reading 10/29
This was my first time ever reading parts of the Qur’an, and immediately I picked up one some similarities to the Bible and some points I found interesting. I like to focus on the last few chapters we were assigned to read, which are shorter, yet easier to dive into to truly uncover the meaning …
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Death
I saw that another classmate already posted about this incident, but it popped up on my phone as a news alert and was very interesting to read bout. In a Washington Post article from today, October 27th, it states that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State commander, was caught by an American Special Ops team …
ICR: Visit to IMA 10/17
On the 17th of October, a few classmates and I journeyed to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to see some of the exhibits that expressed Asian culture and art as well as art from the related time period. I had never been to the IMA before and it was extremely fascinating. The garden area was …