tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965628469210024710.post1314704768746463476..comments2023-09-04T05:27:43.412-04:00Comments on Parvez (Hussein) Sharma. 2018 Guggenheim Fellow. A Jihad for Love; A Sinner in Mecca (film+book): Ahlan ChicagoParvez Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664570550701959269noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965628469210024710.post-80360013106529046612008-10-11T13:09:00.000-04:002008-10-11T13:09:00.000-04:00Parvez, thank you...for visiting Senn High School,...Parvez, thank you...for visiting Senn High School, for making such an important film, and for sharing with us your insights on its creation and, more importantly, on its themes. This was an educational experience my students and I will not soon forget.<BR/><BR/>I cannot believe you were nervous to speak in front of high school students; there are many veteran teachers who are less engaging than you were yesterday. These students are used to 45-minute classes filled with a variety of instructional techniques; but after sitting silently through an 81-minute film, they reamined engaged for nearly another hour<BR/>while you responded to their questions - and not a single paper airplane adorned the skies :) You're a natural.<BR/><BR/>It is unrealistic, I think, to expect that our Muslim (and non-Muslim) students will all come to accept the reconciliation of homosexuality and Islam (or any religious orthodoxy), though some may do so. I am confident that all of the students, however, learned the more powerful lessons that we can disagree while still engaging in civil discourse, and that we must not fail to acknowledge the human consequences that accompany our beliefs. We saw those lessons applied in the respectful and engaging discussion that followed the screening.<BR/><BR/>I am curious to know how the UofC presentation went. Did the MSA show up after all?<BR/><BR/>I am also interested in reading my students' thoughts. I'll be sure to have them jam this blog with their comments.<BR/><BR/>With warm regards,<BR/>David Gregg<BR/>Nicholas Senn High School<BR/>Chicago,ILgreggsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824916309739107012noreply@blogger.com