Syrian Dabke: the true representation of who we are

Yesterday was one of my best days so far since I came to IIT. The international student organization at IIT had their annual cultural event for different groups and organizations to present their cultures through performances and dances wearing their traditional clothing. Along with the Chinese, Africans, West Africans, Ethiopians and Vietnamese students and other…

Design, Computer Science & making a difference

Few weeks ago, I read about a competition for designing a shirt to be used in the I-fest (International fest) event in school, and luckily my design was chosen to be printed on shirts. This made me so happy, not only because I won, but because I was able to make a difference in people’s…

Diversity

As many of you know, Syria is not known for its diversity. When you walk in the streets of any Syrian city, you can rarely see a person from another race or color. All you see is Caucasian people speaking Arabic, unless you go to the old city of Damascus where you can find some…

Arabic Lessons IIT habibi Y U NO learn عربي ?

ARABIC LESSONS Connecting global societies is part of our mission as the Syrian Club at Illinois Institute of Technology, and since verbal communication is the strongest method of connecting people, we aimed to introduce the IIT community to our Arabic Language by teaching conversational Arabic lessons to students. For our surprise, many people were interested…