AUK English Majors Meet Leadership Students from Douglass Rutgers

AUK English majors met students from the Global Leaders program at Douglass College, Rutgers University. The program, managed by Dr. Hasnaa Mokhtar, director of Global at Douglass, focuses on the global status of women and advocacy projects oriented toward gender equity. Hosted by Dr. Hanan Muzaffar, associate professor of English literature at AUK, the visit provided students with a platform to discuss various literary concepts. 

The group discussed topics derived from their class experiences on issues of gender and how illness and medicine is perceived, especially from a gendered perspective in Kuwait and the USA. 

A tour of AUK was offered to the guests, after which another visit took place with Dr. Muzaffar’s ENGL415 Literary Theory class. Further conversation took place with a new group of English majors covering similar themes related to literary and feminist theory. 

Haifaa Al-Besharah, an AUK student who benefitted from this cultural exchange, stated, "Being able to learn about different backgrounds and point of view of the students was interesting. We spoke about gender roles and Arab stereotypes while one of the guests spoke about white privilege and her issues with it. It was an interesting exchange of ideas especially as there was no judgment or prejudice in these conversations."  
 
AUK continuously welcomes networking with peers from other universities. Sharing ideas on common themes broadens AUK students’ perspectives, enabling them to see themselves as part of a bigger network of students on an international level. 
 
  

Group photo of AUK and Douglass members
 

AUK student conversing with Douglass student