Its great, so far. I Feel we are going in a right direction with the help of the amazing teachers such as Ammeriah, Amani&Israa and Khadji. Its was cool when Ammeriah showed us a clip on Malcolm X and we had a debate after, how we read a article on the 2nd Caliph Omar with Khadji. The moral lessen from the Omar article was inspiring. I like how I can always contact Ammeriah for any questions which makes me always informed about what is going on. Thanks=) Looking forwar
There should be strong family ties and interactions in the Detroit families. This will give family members a "backbone" in situations or motivations in school. The level of respect for elders should be a main priority because they are the ones who planted the "seeds" for developments to sprout. This will probably follow a low crime rate and high Education rate.
Once these values such as family and elders are respected then i think Detroit can follow its next step and "plant the seeds" for the Youth that will one day make a positive change!! Believe or not the Arabic and Hebrew Language are similar in many ways. Both share a beautiful history along with Aramaic. The Levantine Arabic dialect tend to put "be'e" before words which was derived from Aramaic. The word for village and is closely similar in Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic. Studying Languages connects people in discovering connections and builds dialogue.
Here is a amazing documentary on Aramaic in a Syrian village of Maloula! =) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy38UQ9EQ6o Enjoy!!!!!! I Feel that achieving peace and prosperity can come from unity. This will come with a thought process in which a person thinks of a whole instead of singling themselves out. This issue is evident in Dearborn with the multi-Arab variety which i am not saying is a bad thing, its great, but i feel that students from a certain Arab nationality tend to only interact with only people that have the same nationality as them. We should build bridges in connecting with others.
The Detroit hearts and minds first meeting was really cool and the students and the teachers. Ammerah was really nice and is a really good speaker. I thought the 2 Amani's and khadja were really cool. I also want to thank them for providing the students rides to the elevator. I appericate their hard work to the program. I am looking forward to the program=)
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