Choose two question/response option below to write about. It will be worth 5 points (which is quite impactful considering the course is out of 100 points). Make sure to check your grammar, punctuation, spelling and that your response is single-spaced, 12-point font of Times New Roman, and each question must be a minimum of three paragraphs long. Use professional, academic language throughout and make sure your response addresses all parts of the question. Be thoughtful and thorough.
AFTER SELECTING ‘START ASSIGNMENT’, AT THE BOTTOM, SELECT ‘TEXT ENTRY/ENTER TEXT’ IF YOU CHOSE QUESTIONS 1 OR 2 AND IF SELECTING QUESTION 3, YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR ASSIGNMENT OR ADD AN IMAGE OF THE MEMES YOU SELECTED.
QUESTION 1: CNN: French Niqab Ban Debate between Hebah Ahmed and Mona Eltahawy
Watch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtDzDXg2GQU (Links to an external site.)
Who is right? Heba or Mona and why? Are they both right? Is this a civil rights issue, or a moral, social, political, spiritual, or legal one? Are their arguments convincing? Are there problems or issues with their responses that you are for or opposed to? Please explain your position. Your response should be cohesive and written in professional, academic language. Be formal in your response, which should be a minimum of three full paragraphs.
QUESTION 2: Arab-American MTV Cribs Spoof (Dearborn, MI)
Watch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqKtqdrh7g (Links to an external site.)
While a comedy spoof, this segment reveals many details of Arab-American social and family life in Dearborn, MI. What was the purpose of illustrating the multiple stereotypes about Arab peoples? Why do you think the family utilizes the spaces they do in the way they do? Is their home life and the physical spaces they construct distinct from your own? In what ways? Does culture play a role in how they live and what they do at home? If so, how? Your response should be cohesive and written in professional, academic language. Be formal in your response, which should be a minimum of three full paragraphs.
QUESTION 3: Arab Memes
Find two ‘Arab Memes’ of your choice and describe what it is that each meme is trying to relay or emphasize. What is the point of the meme? What is it trying to illustrate? Memes can be seen as new forms of social commentary and can provide insights into the ways that members of a particular community see themselves, in some ways. Given what we have discussed throughout the semester, try to describe the context in which the meme is presented by explaining what it’s trying to convey to the reader/observer. In at least three full paragraphs, analyze and deconstruct the meme and try to tie it to a course theme that we covered in class to your argument.
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