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Dr. Peter Khalifah was the speaker at a chemistry seminar.  He teaches at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory.  I won’t lie when I say the concepts that Dr. Khalifah talked about were complex, but they were interesting when he expanded upon them.   The Center for Functional Nanomaterials is a BNL facility that has […]

Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment.  She is the author of various books, including How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Toxic DDT, which is what was primarily focused on during the seminar.  Conis has also written pieces on vaccinations, gender, culture, and […]

In class on Tuesday, November 29th, we watched the first hour of “The Thief of Bagdad.” It is very similar to the movie “Aladdin,” as there is Jaffar, the Sultan, Abu, and the European (white) portrayal of the two main characters; however, there are differences as well. Some things that are contrary in this movie […]

The art of storytelling contains the powerful representation of images presented by the creator, which remains crucial throughout the work’s entirety.  In Zimmerman’s The Arabian Nights: A Play, the implementation of details is vital to understanding the tales being told throughout the story, although some may feel contrary to that belief and see the use […]

After reading the article and watching the clip for Mary Zimmerman’s rendition of The Jungle Book, I do feel that her’s is somewhat less problematic; however, many faults still remain.  In Zimmerman’s version, there is the implementation of true Indian instruments, but the other half of the instruments are still jazz.  The crew made an […]

For my Biology class, Professor Dowd had a science-based seminar for us to watch.  The speaker was Sonia Shah, an award winning author and journalist in the fields of science, politics, and human rights.  She is the author of Pandemic, The Next Great Migration, The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move, Tracking Contagions […]

Re-read the introduction. (Be sure you have identified for yourself where the introduction ends.) The Introduction ends on page 13 of the text (page 4 of the PDF), right before the section titled “History Matters” begins. Find the place in the text where the author states his thesis/claim/argument. Behdad describes his claim in the passages, […]

Reel Bad Arabs is a film that somewhat indirectly brings awareness to the racism that occurs towards those in the Middle East.  It is extremely degrading and graphic, something that definitely gets its point across but is hard for viewers to watch.  I think that a better approach at this, which would attract a broader […]

Personally, I found that rereading Said was very helpful towards my understanding of not only what he was saying, but his tone as well. I was able to make more annotations as I read again, and many more passages in the text stood out to me since I had a better grasp of what the […]

Throughout the article, there is a big recurring contrast between the Oriental and the European; the European view is more civil and noble, and this, in addition to their knowledge, ultimately gives them the justification to colonize Egypt. Passages in the text that support this are: pg 32: “And authority here means for ‘us’ to […]