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On Sunday October 10, I tutored a student over Zoom.  I tutored her for an hour, and we went over various classes.  She did not seem to have very much to do.  She had just finished her fall break, so she didn’t really have any homework to go over.  She told me she caught up… Continue reading ICR 10/10

Today we were able to learn about Chinese calligraphy and painting from an expert, self taught artist, Gonz Chua. Dr. Chua gave us a very informal presentation on what he has learned over the years in terms of writing/drawing calligraphy as well as painting several copy works of other artists. He mainly discussed the evolution… Continue reading ICR Reflection 12/1/21

Link to news article: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/MAGAZINE-muslim-women-find-leadership-roles-in-a-male-dominated-world-1.10450500 I recently read this news article concerning a Muslim women in a position of leadership and power and the backlash it has caused. The woman, Kholoud al-Faqeeh, was appointed as a judge in an Islamic religious court. Al-Faqeeh noticed a women saw she was the judge and walked out of… Continue reading Islamic News: Muslim Women in Leadership

For one of my honors classes sophomores, we had to watch “Kingdom of Heaven”. I remembered this movie involved Islam and themes relating to this class so I decided to rewatch it, now knowing more information about Islam than I did before. This movie is during the time period of the Crusades. The crusades lasted… Continue reading Islamic Movie

On Monday night October 20, 2021, I tutored a student over zoom.  I helped tutor her for her upcoming geometry test.  The session was only one hour.  We spent most of the session going over her study sheet.  I noticed one mistake in her notes about reflections and rotations, so I helped her most with… Continue reading Math in Islam

Over Thanksgiving Break I watched the Chinese film “Hero” with my family. I thought the movie was beautifully filmed and the fight scene choreography was so cool. One specific aspect of this film I saw that directly related to something we’ve recently talked about in class is chinese calligraphy. Broken Sword and Snow have taken… Continue reading Hero Movie

This weekend for our ICR we went to visit Newfields to see the Chinese art exhibit. Beeny Ko met us at the entrance and we walked through multiple exhibits as well as the Chinese exhibit. This overall was a great experience to see the many aspects of Chinese art including many preserved artifacts. During this… Continue reading Visit To The IMA/Newfields

This week for our ICR we were presented the history of Chinese painting by Dr. Gonz Chu. We began discussion of the 6 classes of art. This was a great way to be introduced into Chinese art. The main artform we focused on today was calligraphy. This was very interesting to learn about how the… Continue reading History of Chinese Painting

I watched an episode of a Chinese tv show called “Scissor Seven.” It’s about a boy who is picked to be a killer and trained to do so. In the beginning, I immediately noticed a scene where a boy was getting a food outside of his school from a food cart. The boy ordered a… Continue reading Chinese TV Show

BBC, “Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?” (Video) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037 Although we already talked about the genocide of Uyghurs in class, I felt the documentary and readings focused mainly on the detention camps. This news report gives a brief overview of how unwelcome media is in XinJiang as well as… Continue reading News Post 3: Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?