Author Archives: pcolello

Over the past couple of days I have started using this app called TikTok. It is an app designed so that you can create short videos for people to watch. This app is very addictive and people can spend hours a day on it. My internet hasn’t been working very well recently so I haven’tContinue reading “Blog Post 8, Final Week, TikTok”

Recently, there has been a lot of controversy in France about a new swimsuit that was released called the Burkini. Local Mayors in France have been banning the swimsuit for a variety of reasons that are still a little bit murky to the general public. Some have said they are banning it because of hygieneContinue reading “Blog Post 1, Week 2, Burkini”

I choose to look at the second chapter in Lawrence In Arabia. in this chapter we learn stuff about his childhood and the way in which he was raised so we get a sense of how he came to be the man that people knew him as. Coming from a middle class British family, he attendedContinue reading “Blog Post 2, Week 2, Lawrence in Arabia”

Ijeoma Oluo’s book goes in depth on the amount of systematic racism that we see in not only our country but all around the world today and it is terrible and unacceptable. This is similar to our course because we are learning about the Islamic world an the West, the west being oppressive over theContinue reading “Blog Post 3, Week 2, So You Want to Talk About Race?”

Lawrence of Arabia was a second lieutenant for the British Military during WW1. In his time he aided in beginning the Arab revolts against Turkey. After getting to know Sherif Feisal by fighting with him, he suggested that him joining the Egyptian Expeditionary Force because he could be of good value. Lawrence then joined FeisalContinue reading “Blog Post 2, Week 1, T.E. Lawrence”

Since I broke my leg in July, which was now over eight months ago my fitness has decreased significantly. Especially when it comes to my stamina while running. I have not been on a run in over eight months and now my stamina is terrible. Last night my friend from down the street texted meContinue reading “Blog Post 3, Week 1, Running”

I love to play and watch soccer. The team that I support is called Manchester United, as you can probably guess they are located in Manchester, England. This is my favorite team because it is my dads favorite team so when I was growing up I just naturally liked whatever he did as most kidsContinue reading “Blog Post 3, Week 4, Manchester United”

One chapter from this section of the book that I thought was interesting was chapter 17. The chapter was titled Iphone Snapshots and Bombs, this caught my attention first because we had been talking about how during all of this war and fighting these ISIS soldiers still were using smart phones. On page 176 itContinue reading “Blog Post 2, Week 4, Brothers of the Gun (100-200)”

In this chapter the three men travel to Afghanistan to meet with the Taliban. When they get there they have to change their names. After this they talk for a little bit about how different they are from each other, Abu Abdul-Rahman talks about his love for drugs, luxury items, and women which is concerningContinue reading “Blog Post 5, Final Week, Chapter One”

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a movie about a person who dresses up as Santa Claus and then goes around killing a bunch of people. Atta believes that the movie is a strong metaphor for two different things in the western world and western culture, he thinks it represents the materialistic greed that he believesContinue reading “Blog Post 4, Final Week, Chapter 2”