Drama and Music instruction at school in Feltonville neighborhood of Philadelphia, 2008-09.
An archive of posts by Nahid Ibrahim
An Evening with Hanan Al-Shaykh
November 26, 2008
As I gathered my things and stepped back into Philadelphia’s cold abyss, I felt baffled by Hanan’s ability to capture this story and culture in time. Her humble voice resonated thoughts of home; this could have been my family story.
Integrating Drama and Arabic
October 26, 2008
October 2008 Over the past two years I have been co-teaching the Arabic and Drama Weekend Workshops and it’s been a blast! In fall 2007, students participated in 45-minutes of Arabic language instruction, and then we transitioned into improv theater games to reiterate what they just learned for the rest of the class. I found that [...]
