Hijab

There are many challenges in Islam, however one that is distinct is that of women equality. Not only do we have inequality in America, but there are also inequality in religions. Islam has had many defining moments in the way they treat women. First we will begin with what is Islam, what do they believe, and then how it affects women and changes that are being made to make women equal. Islam means surrender or submission wholehearted surrender to God (Molloy, 2010). A muslim in turn submits…

their head with a scarf in the United States but do not use a veil to cover their face. Older Muslim women, modest dress covering the hair and face may come from a strict background and Muslim women is not allowed to show themselves off in any way. Hijab is the veiling in Islam is primarily to inspire modesty in women to cover their face before having a husband.…

got bored from sitting down and wanted to see the ducklings swim around the fountains. The fountains went really high and would splash you. After sitting there for about five to ten minutes we started walking again. My sister, Sondos, felt like her hijab, a headscarf, was undone and wanted to fix it. At the park, the restrooms don’t…

feared by many people who live in America, and are often profiled due to their appearance by security. Profiling muslims for “random” screening is an extremely common occurrence in post-9/11 America. According to an article on Cnn, “The TSA uses the hijab to profile Muslim women, and passengers can now expect a full-body pat-down, an appallingly invasive "enhanced pat-down search that could include the chest and groin, or a planned "mind-scan" that would track people's reaction to terrorist…

advancement of technology available for travel and communication, such as air travel, the internet, FaceTime, Facebook, etc., culture is less easily distinguished and often under-recognized. It is often easy to recognize that a woman who wears a hijab is a practicing Muslim or a man wearing a kippah is a practicing Jew; however, it is often difficult to recognize understated geographical cultural difference of those from Appalachia. As mentioned previously, Appalachians are historically known…

In class, we learned that “Culture is sets of learned behaviors and ideas that human beings acquire as members of society” (Lavenda p.230). In the book, My Freshman Year, one of the main parts of it is understanding other cultures. As an anthropologist, you always want to be able to have a better understanding about humans. According to book the author, Rebekah Nathan was having a hard time understanding what was going on with her students and why were not they acting like students she has…

During his semester we’ve read books that talked about a multitude of problems including internal hatred, systematic racism, oppression, discrimination, problems with parents, and plethora of other subjects. While I related most to the author Coates, the themes Wilderson and Hartman are also very relatable. Attending a school with less than ten other colored students like myself had a huge impact on my self-esteem and the way I viewed myself growing up. Like Coates, fitting in was always a…

of the country they view as the land of opportunity. No person wants to be excluded from anything and it is what Trump believes is best for our nation. Additionally, this method is used for the Muslims represented by a female with the traditional hijab with the American flag imprinted. An implication could be made that Hillary for America doesn’t comply with Trump as the whole point in creating the video is to make Hillary the front runner for the elections and to get the presidential nomination…

Donald Trump: The billionaire, the TV star, and the favorite for the republican nomination for the President of the United States. Just hearing his name brings up strong emotions in almost anyone, whether they’re positive or negative. These clashing views have brought up more than just debate. They’ve caused mass protests and violence. But who exactly is Donald Trump? Slide 2: Donald Trump was born in New York City, in 1946, making him 69 years old. His father, Fred Trump, was a…

Globalization is the convergence of the culture and is based on the notion that when people from different cultures move to other areas or contact with each other than their cultures converge with each other. Brook (2005) in his article All Cultures Are Not Equal informs the readers about the aspects of globalization in cultural geography. Globalization according to him has not provided any basis for cultural diffusion and people in western world made their own communities with people who are…