Month: October 2021

As the second part of the semester gets underway, we shift our focus from China onto Islam and everything that it embodies and means. Personally, I do not have much of an understanding of what Islam is or what muslims stand for. I almost see that as a good thing because a lot of this… Continue reading Islam Introduction

This last week major elections happened in the country of Iraq for their new Prime Minister and parliament. The election was key for multiple reasons. It was a rushed election due to youth protests in the countries south. The election also tested the influence of Iran and their Shia backed paramilitary groups. Iran since the… Continue reading What the recent elections mean for the future of Iraq

I really enjoyed learning about China and Chinese culture. I haven’t really had much education on that part of the world before, and so almost everything we talked/read about was new information. My favorite part of the semester was reading the stories because the culture is so different in China compared to America, but also,… Continue reading China Review

The documentary is a twenty-eight minute clip of Dennis Wholey interviewing Iman Hassan Qazwini. Coming into this section of the course, I had no previous knowledge over the religion of Islam. I even had to Google what it meant to be Muslim, which I now know refers to someone who follows or practices Islam. The term… Continue reading Islam Documentary Clip and The Cairo House (pp. 1-26)

Today we met Kwan, and was later joined by Benny, at the Indianapolis Global Village Welcome Center over on Lafayette Road. After some technology issues, Kwan finally got his laptop hooked up to a bigger monitor so that he could teach us about the Lion Dance. After about a forty-five minute to an hour presentation,… Continue reading 10/18 ICR Reflection – The Lion Dance

Dr. Kwan led us in a lecture to learn about the Chinese Lion Dance at the Global Village Welcome Center. We spent an hour learning about different types of lions: Northern and Southern, with Southern having a contemporary style and traditional style. I personally have seen more of and like the traditional Southern style because… Continue reading Reflecting on IACA Meeting 10/18

In this clip, Imam Hassan Qazwini of the Islamic Center of America is being interviewed by Dennis Wholey. He is asking him about the Islamic religion and what the basic facts to know about it. He first asks him about the roots of Islam and where their beliefs come from, and then he asks about… Continue reading Documentary Clip

Alive is story, by Ha Jin, that talks about the life of a man named Guhan. Guhan is sent to Taifu City, for business, and there he experiences a bad earthquake. After the earthquake, he suffers minor physical injuries but “lost his mind”, not being able to remember anything about himself. He’s then sent to… Continue reading Alive

As I have grown up in the Catholic Church, I recognize many similarities between Catholicism and Islam. While the interviewee in the film addresses those who practice the religion I grew up in as “Catholic friends,” I am given a very different and much more open perspective of the different religions. The interviewee addressed both… Continue reading Islamic World Documentary Clip Analysis

A Bad Joke is story talking about when China was communist, and ultimately corrupt. The story starts with two main characters, walking into a hardware shop, and unsuspectingly being arrested by police. The two were then dragged to the police station and interrogated for days, being accused of speaking poorly against the new leader, Deng… Continue reading A Bad Joke