FYS: Formal Essay Final Draft There are many stereotypes about Arab women. For example, it is often thought that women were not to speak up to men unless they were spoken to, and they were to be submissive to their fathers or husband. This stereotype was amplified in “The Arabian Nights,” translated by Hussin Haddaway, […]
FYS: Formal Essay 1st Draft In the early seventh century in Mecca and Medina, the new religion of Islam was born. Islam was a slow-growing religion that did not take off until after Muhamad died. After he died in the mid-six hundreds, Muhammad’s followers started to spread the new religion. From this religion, many new […]
This week I went to see the show “We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915” at the Baker Theater. This was the first Muhlenberg performance that I have seen. The show left me speechless. I thought that […]
Ernst’s overarching claim is that Americans and Europeans do not understand or respect other cultures. “Americans are not very good at understanding other cultures” (page 2) “The extraordinary mismatch between Euro-American ideas of Islam and the realities lived by Muslims will form a recurring theme throughout this book” (page 4). “Religion is not a […]
*This writing is unedited* Something I thought was well done: Something in the movie that I thought was done well was the music. I think that all the songs in the movie helped move the plot along while also enhancing the viewers’ experience. I think that music is a very powerful tool in movies. I […]
Long Summary: The article “The Dark Side of ‘The Arabian Nights’” is an article that is intended for a reader of “The Arabian Nights”. Most people when they hear Arabian nights think about the opening song in the movie Alladin. My point is that when you hear Arabian Nights you think of a positive and […]
Today in class we discussed two main things: the importance of note taking and the article “The Dark Side of ‘The Arabian Nights’”. In regards to note-taking, we talked about how in a lecture-style class it is very easy to sit and take notes while in a discussion-based class note-taking is more difficult. Professor Albert […]
This afternoon I went to the Study Abroad Fair. There were many different booths with people advertising different countries that I could go study in. As I was walking around picking up pamphlets I saw a familiar face from Israel. It was an admissions person from Hebrew University. I quickly walked over and said hello. […]
I found the prologue of Arabian Nights very interesting and fast-paced. The narrator would tell a part of the story and just as it was getting interesting he would switch directions. I thought that this was a very interesting method of storytelling. It definitely made me want to read more. I am excited to see […]
Original “a growing interest emerged in what the still fairly nascent field of computing could do to hasten some of this change.” (Chapter 3:Controllling our Own Technologies) Paraphrase 1: An expanding interest came to light in the new field of computing due to the quickness of change. Paraphrase 2: People started to get more interested […]
