By Athirah Mohammad
GOMBAK, 16 December 2021: Living and studying abroad is one of the most exciting chapters of a student’s life which gives foreign students the nostalgic feelings of craving for the touch of their home countries in terms of food and culture.
Subsequently, the annual Global Ummatic Festival organised in IIUM has brought international students closer to home whereby they have had the opportunity to share their cultures by making ceremonies and performances, showing clothes and serving their traditional food with local students and campus community.
As an initiative to showcase the different cultures inside IIUM campus, the IIUM Student Union will be organising Global Ummatic Festival starting this Friday (17 December).
The festival will be held physically on campus and will be open for the students and public starting 17 to 30 December from 8.00 p.m until 10.00 p.m.
The main objective of this festival is to resume physical programme as well as to commemorate with all Malaysians and international communities within the university.
This festival also aims for students to inculcate intercultural understanding by gaining experience from a variety of activities that they have not done before.
For more updates on the programme, readers can follow IIUM Ummatic Festival’s Instagram account @ummaticiium.***