NewsActivity

• TOPIC:Whatthenewsisabout:History,Politics,Science,Sports,Culture,Society,Health...• SUMMARY:Summaryofthepieceofnewsinyourownwordsnotcopieddirectlyortranslatedbyanytypeoftranslator.Thissectionmustbeatleast5-7sentences.• PERSONALOPINION:explainingthereasonswhyyouhavechosenthatpieceofnewsandwhatyourperspectiveoropinionisofthenews.Doyouagreeordisagreewiththeperspectiveoftheauthor?Howdoesitimpactyourlifedirectly?Thissectionmustbeatleast3-5sentences.• RELATIONSHIPWITHTHESUBJECT:Thisisthemostdifficultpartandforthatreasonyouneedtothinkaboutit:youhavetoexplainwhyitisimportantforyou,yourtown,yourcommunity,yourcountryofevenfortheworld.Inafewwords,youhavetoexplaintherelevanceofyourpieceofnews.Thinkaboutsocial,political,andeconomicconnections.Thissectionmustalsobeatleast3-5sentences.

EXAMPLE

Author: WaseemAbbasiSource:Abbasi,Waseem.“Hijabbecomessymbolofresistance,feminismintheageofTrump.”usatoday.com 15March.2017https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/15/hijab-becomes-symbol-resistance-feminism-age-trump/98475212/

Topic: Politics/Culture/Gender

Summary

• SUMMARY: ThehijabisaveiltraditionallywornbysomeMuslimwomen.Duringhispresidentialcampaign,DonaldTrumputilizedhatespeechagainstMuslimpeople,promotingacultureoffearandprejudiceratherthantoleranceoftheIslamicreligion.WhilethewesternmediaandpowerfulleaderssuchasDonaldTrumpframethehijabasasymbolofoppression,amajorityofMuslimAmericanwomenwearthehijabbychoice,contrarytopopularbelief.ManyMuslimwomenseethehijabasasymboloffeminism,solidarityandempowerment.

PersonalOpinion

Thearticlechallengeswesternideasofthehijabasasymbolofoppressionbyhighlightingthevoicesofthemanywomenwhowearthehijabbychoice.ManyindividualsintheUnitedStatesfearIslamandMuslimpeoplebecausethemediaandpoliticiansperpetuateafalseperspectiveofthereligion.ThisarticleisveryimportantbecauseitcenterstheexperiencesofMuslims.Whenpoliticiansandmediasourcesassumethatwomenonlywearthehijabbyforce,alternativeperspectivesandideasaboutthehijabaresilenced.

RelationshiptotheSubject

ThissubjectisparticularlyimportantformebecauseIhaveMuslimsfriends.Womenaroundtheworldshouldhavethefreedomtoexpressthemselves.IthinkitisessentialtolistentothevoicesofMuslimwomeninordertochallengethenotionofthehijabasaformofoppression.Whenindividualsaremoretolerantofthereligiousbeliefsofothers,theworldwillbeasaferplaceforeveryone.

PICTURE