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  1. After reading the article \u201cArab and Other Middle Eastern Americans\u201d, I was surprised to learn about the religious background of Middle Eastern Americans. I\u2019ve always thought the majority was Muslim, but turns out it\u2019s way more diverse, with Christianity being the main religion. As seen in the article, \u201cAccording to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) up to 63 per cent of Arab Americans are Christians (35
    percent Roman Catholic, 10 percent Protestant and 18 percent Eastern Orthodox) and around 24 percent are Muslims.\u201d Only 24% are muslim, which is a very interesting fact I didn\u2019t know. Another thing I found surprising is that there were 3 big immigration waves that brought lots of people from Middle Eastern countries to America. The author states, \u201cThe first, between 1890 and 1920, brought over 250,000 people from what was then Greater Syria and other regions; these arrivals were mostly Christian peasants seeking economic opportunity. The second wave came after the Second World War and the creation of Israel, when tens of thousands of Palestinians emigrated to the US. After 1965, when prejudicial immigration laws were reformed, there was a third wave of Arab immigrants, numbering about 250,000.\u201d<\/li>
  2. After watching \u201cMisconception of Middle Eastern Culture and Religion\u201d by Melika Rahmani I learned that a huge percentage of American population has a very wrong perception of the Middle East. I was shocked to learn so many people think Middle East is full of terrorists due to negative representation in modern media. I\u2019ve always known that wasn\u2019t true, however, one thing I found surprising is that there are more women than men in the STEM field in Iran.<\/li>
  3. When reading \u201cLiteracy Reform in the Middle East\u201d by The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, I was surprised to learn how poor the literacy rate for some Middle Eastern countries is. Tens of millions of people don\u2019t have a chance to get basic level education, therefore not being able to learn to read and write. As seen in the article, \u201cAt the other end of the spectrum are Yemen. Mauritania and Morocco, where female adult literacy rates are an abysmal 29, 31, and 38 percent, respectively. Total adult literacy in these countries is not much better
    49 percent in men and 41 in Mauritania) In a country of 30 million people \u2014 and an economic and political darling of the West \u2014 the adult literacy rate is only 51 percent. In fact, in Morocco, Sudan, and Algeria combined \u2014 each home to at least 30 million people, and together
    accounting for 32 percent of the Arab world \u2014 there are as many as 37 million illiterate adults.\u201d The numbers and percentages put into perspective how huge the problem truly is, especially in underdeveloped countries. It\u2019s good to see measures being taken and hopefully things will start looking up for those who didn\u2019t get a chance to receive proper education.<\/li>
  4. https:\/\/medium.com\/modern-middle-east-history-2021\/why-are-educated-women-less-likely-to-enter-the-workforce-in-the-middle-east-bbeeaac06883<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This is an article about how illiteracy in Middle Eastern countries affects women. I selected this source because the article \u201cLiteracy Reform in the Middle East\u201d mentioned that illiteracy rates are higher for women compared to men. I wanted to learn more about the problems women face when it comes to literacy in those countries, and how it affects their lives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    After reading the article \u201cArab and Other Middle Eastern Americans\u201d, I was surprised to learn about the religious background of Middle Eastern Americans. I\u2019ve always thought the majority was Muslim, but turns out it\u2019s way more diverse, with Christianity being the main religion. As seen in the article, \u201cAccording to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5061,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-discussion-board-post-5","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-0501-s22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}