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Juliet- day 9

 January 14, 2022 Today was the last day of our Asian Heritage, J-term, and it was definitely a good one.  Noor started our day with a presentation she made about Pakistan and its culture. She spent her winter break in Pakistan and decided to share with us her heritage. Her presentation covered daily life in Pakistan, the clothes, the food and her experience in Pakistan as a third culture child. Following Noor’s presentation we watched a short film about the Pakistani community in Houston. The video followed a woman as she went around Houston to see the Pakistani cultural influences and community in Houston. We saw things like the cricket games they hold, the district, where most of them live and how such a large Pakistani community came to be in Houston.  After we watched the movie we had a zoom meeting with Dr.Chao, the director of the Houston Asian Americans Archive. To prepare for this meeting she had us interview an Asian American or an immigrant and come back to share with the cl