The Cairo House and documentary show a lot of the values that the Islamic faith has. In Cairo House, we learn that there are certain gender roles regarding holiday celebrations. When the Gigi sees a sacrifice during the Feast of Sacrifice, she is shamed because a girl cannot be in the presence of the ritual.… Continue reading Cairo House 1-26 & Islam Documentary

During my visit at IPS Newcomer, I assisted the class with several different activities including helping Juan and Danury develop his interpretation of a film the students watched in class. Additionally, I assisted Juan and Martin with a quizlet over the film that explains some of the english terms used in the film. At the… Continue reading 10/20 ICR Reflection

I thought the reading for today was interesting, especially when it comes to gender roles. The main character was not allowed to see the animals slaughtered or observe the ritual. She couldn’t even ask her mother to do so, because she knew she would say no, and going against that advice would have been more… Continue reading Cairo House 1-26

In class today we talked about the idea of how you can act differently based on where you are. For example, we act differently around our family than we do with our friends. We tend to have different personalities to fit the people we are around. I think this is fine as long as you… Continue reading Different Location… New Person

Today in class, I had a flashback to my FYS class last year when someone brought up Abraham sacrificing his son. The FYS class that I took was Faith, Doubt, and Reason, with Professor Hege and we just so happened to have read and discussed Genesis 22 which is about The Binding of Isaac where… Continue reading Intro to Islam and Cairo House Pg. 1-26

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