CJ1- Exercise #1 (Bassam Tariq: The beauty and diversity of Muslim life)

Directions: View the TED Talk and complete the following grid.

Title of TED Talk: Muslim Diversity

Name of Speaker: Bassam Tariq

Date of TED Talk and Number of views : October 2014   Views:1,171,945

What was the speaker’s thesis (main point) of this speech? -To change peoples view (perspective) about Muslim’s -To make people understand more about the values of Islam in general - There's more than one main point Bassam was talk about. For example the first thing they open the first Ramadan fast and share those stories on a blog, they called it “30 mosques in 30 days”. -The second point he did a film called  (these birds walk), it was about street kids. Shows how they live in simplest lifestyle and even though they feel happy. -Third thing he open a butcher shop, because he don’t trust all the butcher shops in America sell halal meat

Write 2-3 different things  you learned from this presentation. -We should not believe in media all the time -The presentation shows that he can manage his time by doing three different things (blogger/film maker and butcher).

What group of people would benefit the most from hearing this lecture? -People that not know to much about Islam -People who have the wrong idea about Islam

If you could ask this speaker a question about his/her information or Presentation, what would you ask? -What do you aim for in life? -What’s your next step?

TED Talk presenters are known as effective public speakers. Describe two things this speaker does well in terms of engaging the audience. -Confidence -Good use of body language -Comfortable