Sunday 24 February 2013

First Reflactive Statment



What is this course about?
It is English course LSC 2103, an academic reading and writing course. We are going to live a new experience and absorb a new way; we’re going to get the 2 summaries exam first and then 2 projects later on and one vocabulary at the end or you can do it during the semester.
 What I learned so far?
I have learned to make a blogger in the site at which I learned from my teacher Hedley and we had the experience to make one summery about the Hajj so far.
What do I expect to get from this course?
I believe that I’ll have the chance to upgrade my writing and have more experience to skim the paragraph to have a unique way of summarizing and I’m looking forward to have the projects with this subject.
What do I know about Hedley?
Hedley is our English teacher in HCT Collage; he is from England and lives near Norwich city; he had a long life experience during his years traveling through the world, and he told us that he had some good tactics to run away from crocodiles and also he taught us that the snakes have ears.    

Sunday 17 February 2013

The Hajj

2 million Muslims from all over world go to make hajj every year, at least one time in your life if you can make it. In the center of Mecca are Ka'aba ; all Muslims prayers. Muslims are retracing the footsteps of Muhammed during hajj days. People stop befor entering Mecca to perform cleansing rituals: men shave or cut come of their hair and clean up; after that they put on two pieces of simple white robe while women wear long dresses and uncover thier face to show the equality of all people.
In Mecca they start Tawaf in an anticlock wise direction walking seven times around Ka'aba. And then Sa'i is going between two hills Safa and Marwah.
After that they go to Mina to stay the night and the next morning they travel to Arafat; then that evening they travel to Muzdalifah, then back to Mina to throw sevenpebbles at each of the three statues; each pilgrim must slaughter a sheep then return to Mecca and make Tawaf and Sa'i then return to Mina for three days; after that the farewell Tawaf.

Tuesday 12 February 2013