November 2006

Aljumah participates in EMU International Week
Aljumah has participated in Eastern Michigan University International Week, which started on the 13th of November, in an activity called, "Writing Your Names in Different Languages". Mr. Aljumah has been involved in writing students' names in Arabic.
During the activity, he has highlighted some points of contrasts and similarities across languages. Points of contrasts and similarities have included the absence or presence of some "vowels & consonants sounds". He has also explained certain aspects of universalities across languages such as universal names as "King, Jacob, Joseph" where meanings of these names are shared across cultures. Universality of such specific names has been addressed and pointed out.

Snow starts to fall in Ypsilanti
Snow has started to fall in Ypsilanti this morning and it is not winter yet. Here are some pictures of very light snow. Enjoy!

