About a month after I watched THE STONING OF SORAYA M (2008), I was invited to join a group on Facebook: "Save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani from being Stoned to Death in Iran"
The film was so depressing. I have a movie review site, the film judge - if
According to a recent Fox News article, most Hollywood movies are edited before they hit the big screen in Iran. Iran’s cultural adviser, Javad Shamaghdari, decides what movies will be shown and the cuts that are made. The article states that the t
Read more…"Hair styles which show dependence or approval of loose and immoral political, cultural or
intellectual groups inside and outside the country is not permitted."
This is the 7th regulation listed in a booklet the Film Ministry in Iran printed in 1984.
I consider myself a big eater and when I say that, I truly mean that I
absolutely love to eat. Ice cream, spaghetti, pizza, grilled cheese,
chicken fingers, you name it, I eat it. That being said, I thought
there was nothing better to do a cultural p
Before diving into the Hebrew language, I thought it would be fun to learn some interesting facts about the language itself. However, because Hebrew is essentially completely new to me and I do not know much of
anything about the language or the Isra
I thought we were supposed to do a fair amount of cultural posts throughout this semester, but I haven't seen any added here... Maybe I'm just putting it in the wrong place?
Anyway, I've started doing some thought for the Cultural Project, and I inten
I've always been interested in etymology and I like looking up the roots of words to see the patterns between them. In particular I've noticed that traditions and perspectives of different cultures can be seen in how they mark time, in the meanings b
Read more…The Economist has a regular blog named 'Johnson' after Samuel Johnson, who published his Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. Reading this blog's posts will certainly make you more aware of the links between language and culture. Of particul
Read more…This weekend we had a Pastor from Tanzania over at my house, and there were some things that were interesting about the differences in how we view various relationships with people in our lives.
An essential goal of the SDLAP is to develop a deeper understanding of
the cultures of the peoples who use the SDLAP languages. One way to
develop this deeper understanding is to reflect upon events in these
cultures, portrayals of these cultures in
My presentation is attach- the word document has notes that I used to follow with addition Hebrew words that I used when addressing/presenting to the class. If you have any difficulty reading my notes or opening anything please email me=)
Randomly, my friends asked me the other day- "Is Hebrew like Latin- basically left unspoken unless in the torah?"- WHAT? I was shocked that they didn't realize that is still a living language. Hebrew is the language of the Jewish people. How my frien
Read more…In Yiddish, Shabes means rest. As the seventh day of the Week, it is the day of rest. Jewish practice begins when the sun goes down Friday night; it lasts until the exact time Saturday night.
This is us singing the Aleph Bet, as learned in hebrew school. It is a call and response song.
Read more…Artifact 1: Conversation because a Israeli woman/american man in a bar. The american is quickly finding out what kind of girl he is trying to get to know. He asks her about what he should order and sparks a conversation from there.
The word for Hebrew is Ivrit. This is one of the oldest languages in the world. It shares many of the same features of Aramaic/Arabic. I had no idea that while the Jews were living in the Persian Empire, Hebrew was not used most commonly, rather- Ara
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