Tag: Cultural Literacy

Art, Language & Culture, History, Religion, The Middle East in Focus

What’s Missing in the Teaching of Islam

Artist writes Arabic calligraphy

There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women are oppressed. Popular films like “American Sniper” reduce places like Iraq to dusty war zones, devoid of any culture or history. Fears and anxiety manifest themselves in Islamophobic actions such as […]