I am very excited to begin this unit. I believe that the Middle East is one of the least understood areas of our world. There are so many stereotypes that lie over the Middle East and the cultures that thrive there that we are unable to really see a lot of the cultural beauty that …
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Omar Offendum Performance
Along with our GHS course, I am also in another GHS which studies the Middle East and North Africa, which I saw another classmate has also taken. For my other course, I attended a performance tonight by Omar Offendum. Omar is a Syrian/American rapper, poet, and lyricist who sings and talks about current and past …
Baseball in China
Hi all! I will be looking at several different topics throughout the semester that connect to the course, but one that Professor McGrath recommended was looking at baseball in China and making some connections there. So here I am posting a link to an article back from 2017 that talks about how the MLB has …
Ha Jin “Saboteur”
After reading this short story from Ha Jin, I was pretty astonished at the events that took place within the reading. Mr. Chiu was arrested early in the story when two policemen seemed to “throw” tea onto the feet of himself and his bride, which I thought was extremely odd. Mr. Chiu and his bride …