Salah CP #4

Salah CP #4

Date/Time:10/4/2015   13:40 - 14:40

Location:  various locations on FSU campus (touring campus)

continuing on with our tour and discussion (see CP #3)......

I showed Hani the ASLC building.  He was very impressed with the cinema and took a picture to send back home to his family and friends.  I showed him the meditation room where some Muslims on campus pray.  This word 'meditation' was new for Hani and I explained what it meant. 

I asked Hani why he chose to study Law in Saudi Arabia.  He said that a few years ago, his father had some legal trouble with a business partner who refused to pay him.  So Hani was motivated to learn the law from a young age and his ultimate goal was to study Law in the US.  First he needed to improve his English skills at CIES. 

Hani asked me how he could avoid eating pork (as his religion prohibits it).  I explained to him that pork is known in the forms ‘pork, bacon, ham, ribs and sausage’, so he should look for those on a menu.  Also, he should probably check with his server to be sure.  We headed into Denny’s on campus for a bite to eat and to practice this.

Hani is a smoker and was asking me whether it was okay to smoke on campus.  I was told later by a fellow student that there is a designated smoking area outside CIES.