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Fariha Hashmi

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University of Massachusetts Lowell
Middle School (13 to 15 years old), High School (16 to 18 years old), Adults

My name is Fariha Hashmi & I am a junior at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. My major is Computer Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. I love drawing and oil painting. I have always been interested in arts but never really had the opportunity to learn deeply about it academically since I got into a STEM field. I am currently doing a co-op internship at Thermo Fisher Scientific, so I am taking online courses on arts and want to broaden my knowledge in this area. I like to link art with the realities of life and therefore for the purpose of these classes I am focusing on the topic of religion viewed through diverse forms of arts and how it differs in various cultures.

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Evolution of religion through art

<p>From the beginning of mankind, since our lives began on this earth, humankind has preserved its norm of following a system of faith and worshiping something, whether it be some deity or something materialistic existing in the world with us with hopes of some kind of personal gains. Religion has certainly evolved massively from the beginning of our existence in this universe, and art has had and still has a significant impact on our relationship with religion and it helps us make connections between the belief in some kind of God, atheism, and all other forms of beliefs. It helps to understand religion in ancient times versus modern ways of following religion.</p><p> This collection will be looking at the evolution of religion through the perception of art in various forms, throughout the different ages of mankind and the way religion has developed over the course of time. It is specifically going to focus on the religion Islam, a religion that hasn't started too long ago compared to Hinduism, the oldest religion that mankind follows, as we navigate through the collection. It starts from various ways in which the belief in religion started, to how Prophet Muhammad (SM) started the religion Islam, which is now the youngest of the world's major religions.<br /></p> <p>#AHMC2019 #Arts&amp;Religion<br /></p>
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