Category: In-Class

The prologue of The Arabian Nights is littered with controversial topics and disturbing imagery. Reading it feels like going on a rollercoaster blindfolded with people screaming random words in your ears. There is so much going on that focusing on one lesson or topic can feel incredibly overwhelming. Despite the assault on my senses which…

The Arabian Nights is a text which has existed in some form for thousands of years. It has been read, studied and enjoyed by millions of audiences all over the world and now we are reading it here in this class. This text is full of examples of problematic racial and sexist issues, but does…

I have never considered myself a writer. A Storyteller? Yes, but never a writer. I always wrote what I had to to get through the class or the project, but nothing more. Not to say that I am bad at writing, because I have often been praised for how I can turn a phrase or…