ALJAZEERA, “Family of Palestinian Boy Killed by Israeli Forces Speaks Out.” https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2021/11/24/family-of-palestinian-boy-killed-by-israeli-forces-speaks-out On November 5th, 2021, 15 year old Mohammed Daadas went to Deir al-Hattab in order to protest against the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements into his community. He was shot and killed by Israeli forces. The forces claimed they were responding to a… Continue reading News Post 2: “Family of Palestinian Boy…”

Sunday’s drum circle introduced us to the power of Uganda and the music that comes from the country. Due to the rain we unfortunately did not have drums but we did have spoons that when they are hit together can really make some good beats. We learned about the culture, language, and then did a… Continue reading My most unique drum circle

I recently tried a green onion pancake from a Chinese store in Illinois and thought it was really good! It’s very similar to American food because it is flaky and packed with sodium (at least, that’s what it said on the label). I ate it with a fried egg in the middle so it looked… Continue reading Chinese Green Onion Pancakes

During my last visit today, I reflected on the time I have spent volunteering at IPS Newcomer and how much it has had an impact on me. I was able to grow friendships with kids from different cultures that I would not have met without this experience. Each child had their own unique personality and… Continue reading ICR Reflection 12/6

When I was doing research for the final project, I came across some interesting facts that didn’t make it on our website but that I wanted to address. For China, we found that “In 1983 alone, a year with about 21 million births in China, 14.4 million abortions, 20.7 million (predominantly female) sterilizations, and 17.8… Continue reading Reproductive health in Islamic countries and China

On Sunday October 31, I went to the weekend school to help with the students.  I worked there for two hours.  When I first got to the school, the students were learning some Arabic and practicing their writing.  They continued for a little bit until the Imam came in the classroom to teach them about… Continue reading ICR 10/31

At first, I struggled to understand how our class related to what I was doing when volunteering at the IPS Newcomer Program. I did not interact with any Chinese students, nor did we have discussions about faith or Islam. When I stepped back to reflect on the semester, I think that the relationship is much… Continue reading Final Thoughts – ICR

After a week off for Thanksgiving break, the kids were excited to see me today, which was such a great feeling. Today in math, we talked about plotting points on a graph. They were given a sheet of graph paper and a list of coordinates to plot. They had to connect the coordinates in order… Continue reading ICR 12/1

Today we went to Newfields to look at Asian art. There was a lot to cover, and we started on the first floor with European and American art which allowed something to compare to in terms of style and how much history is there. The sculptures and many statues in the Asia section were all… Continue reading Reflecting on IACA 12/4

On Wednesday, we had someone come to talk to us about Chinese art and calligraphy. It was cool to learn the history of Chinese characters because it never occurred to me how they have progressed over time. The visuals provided were especially cool because, when comparing the oldest characters to the newest ones, it becomes… Continue reading Reflecting on IACA 12/1