Women in Islam: Guest speakers

I think guest speakers are the best way to introduce people to a foreign culture. I always learn a lot more when I am able to speak face to face with someone. Being in the presence of a person as opposed to reading fictional tales is a little easier to relate to. It become hard to distinguish what is drama and what is truth when you are reading novels about a region. When someone who has been there is answering your questions, you can get the answers you want instead of just what the book wants to tell. When there is a guest speaker, you are also able to speak in the present tense, ask about the way things are now as opposed to when ever the article or book was written.

I thought our guest speakers were amazing, they answered a lot of my questions and also gave me new information that I didn't know. The best part was the fact that there were two speakers, one from Egypt and one from Pakistan. felt that was a perfect relationship for both of them to have because it put them in a more relatable position with the rest of the class. Not only were they both from a place other than the United States, but they were also from different countries within the Middle East.

I thought it was also beneficial that they were both educated not only about American culture, but about their own. One speaker spoke Arabic, but did not talk about Islam, the other did not know Arabic, but has studied the Koran. They were both from different age groups and practiced their beliefs in different ways. The speakers also were in agreeance with one another about some subjects but disagreed about others.