1- I think stellar time is seen on twitter. I was never the kind of person that likes to send emails, use twitter or face book. When I made the account for this class I did not use it the first 2 days. But the first time I went online I was surprised by what my class mates are writing. The write every thing that happens to then in that day. There is no such think as privacy. People tell each other everything on twitter. I know that when a person speaks to a friend about a hardship he will fell a little happier because he has someone to speak to, but no anyone and not everything. This experience only forced my point that twitter, face book and other means of communication that we use these days are only taking us away from real life.
2- In the reading we have stories within stories, and they all interact together to make an ultimate story. A good example is the tale of the Bull and Ass. In that tale you have the story of the farmer who “Allah Most High had endowed him with under standing the tongues of beasts and birds” same as King Salomon. But that gift came with a cost and that is if any one know about the gift the farmer will die a horrible death. The other story is the dialogue between the Bull and the Ass which caused the farmer to laugh and made his wife upset. To make it up for his wife he was going to tell every body about the secret, which meant he wanted to kill himself and all that because of the dialogue between the bull and the Ass. The type of time theory that is presented is cause-effect theory.
3- From my knowledge of the Arabic culture I know that almost everybody has heard or read the 1001 nights. These tales are very famous in Arabic countries and a lot of movies were made from these tales. Prophet Mohammad since the start of Islam 15 centuries ago was asking both men and women to study and seek knowledge. There is a saying that he says “ask for knowledge even if it is in china.” Islam doesn’t treat women bad as the west proclaim. It is the west that treats women as sex object. You do not see as much divorce in Islam as you see in the west and that’s because Islam value women more.
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With all the respect for the muslim and arabic culture, I think that divorce rate is not that high in that culture since women dont even have the right to it. I dont think it is appropriate to compare west with Arabic culture since they are completely different.Also Ahmad i would like to ask you a question? If Mohammad clearly taught to seek knowledge why then in Afghanistan that woman was burnt with acid only because he was going to school? And unfortunately they do those terrible acts under the name of Allah! We dont have to judge the whole religion or culture by using some examples but it is really difficult to understand why in some arabic countries with a great past and culture things like this still happen...I wish young people can do something to change some of fanatic mentalities.
I agree completely with you that there is no such thing as privacy these days and that all of these forms of communication seem to take us away from real life. People might feel connected to other people and feel better about sharing an ordeal or experience, but sometimes people become so emerged in technology that they forget about the real things and people who matter in their lives, hence losing touch with reality.
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