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Week 4, Discussion 2 1st post

Week 4, Discussion 2 1st post

Q Which of the ideas or texts/films (both introductory and literary texts or films) that we’ve studied in this class did you find particularly insightful or affective (either on its own or in relation to another idea/text/film)?

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I think that the ideas in Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building had been very useful to obtain new insights about the cultural intersections and cultural assimilations. This is because it had been difficult to believe that a conservative culture of the Egyptian society could develop cultural habits pertaining to westernization to a great extent. There had been no chances of the influence of westernization to influence the Egyptian culture.