Exercise 1

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

Title of TED Talk: The beauty and diversity of Muslim life

Name of Speaker: Bassam Tariq

Date of TED Talk and Number of views October 2014, 72.330

What was the speaker’s thesis (main point) of this speech? 30 mosques and 30 days , movie in Pakistan-kids and helal .

Write 2-3 different things  you learned from this presentation. 1-     Raise awareness of the correct Islamic guidelines foreign countries . 2-     Muslims living abroad are facing difficults in fulfilling islam obligations. 3-     There are many groups of people from different races who are Muslims in America.

What group of people would benefit the most from hearing this lecture? Muslim groups who are lives abroad and foreigners who are New to Islam .

If you could ask this speaker a question about his/her information or Presentation, what would you ask? What kind of reactions did you get from the Audience? did they change their way of thinking about Islam ?

TED Talk presenters are known as effective public speakers. Describe two things this speaker does well in terms of engaging the audience. Eye contact Hand gestures tone