To have a good understanding of cultures around the world is considered as a must recently. For students of English department, it is a compulsory for them to have a good perspective of cross culture understanding. The point is not crossing every border vividly seen in the diverse cultures but it is to implement and practice the action of respecting different cultures so that peaceful life and meaningful relationship among countries in the world will always be everybody’s.
On April 27, 2019, I was invited to be a speaker an event about scholarships in Indonesia. The event name was World Indonesia Festival, as the committee called it as WISH Padang 2019. I presented about Fulbright scholarship. Berikut video presentasinya (Click the following link to see the presentation video): https://youtu.be/LAgTvYIHwV0 The opening session of… Continue reading Fulbright in the World Indonesia Scholarship Festival Padang (UNP) 2019
Pengalaman Ramadhan kali ini cukup berbeda dengan pengalaman Ramadhan yang biasanya saya alami sewaktu saya tinggal di Indonesia. Biasanya, saya pergi ke Mesjid Al-Hidayah yang lokasinya berada persis di dekat rumah, yakni hanya berjarak sekitar 50 meter saja. Cukup dengan jalan kaki, sampai menuju ke Mesjid. Postingan kali ini, saya akan berbagi pengalaman mengenai hal-hal… Continue reading Ramadhan dan Idul Fitri di Edwardsville, Amerika Serikat 2012
Indonesia is a country that has the largest Muslims population in the world. At least, this is what people in the United States know about Indonesia. Why the United States? Because this is one of the most intriguing countries in the world. I can say so because I have never been in this country before.… Continue reading What does it mean to be a Muslim in Indonesia?
