We Linguistically

My name is tied to my identity. In my ‎bifurcated mind, Abdulrahman speaks Arabic ‎and ‎acculturated in Islamic values, while Bin ‎speaks English ‎and is integrated in Western ‎thinking.

It didn’t take me too long to come up with all the ways I was breaking the patriarchy’s rules of what a woman ‘should’ be.

Interview with Noka Reyes Tell us a little about yourself?  How does language play a role in your everyday life? How do you interact with …

But in the United States, the country that raised me, there is still a stigma associated with speaking Spanish. Unless you are white, then you’re considered cultured or a global citizen

Have you ever seen a chapter about Black hair in your language textbook?
Or an online language learning module with words like “braids,” and “cornrows?”

Suppressing my bilingualism meant that no matter which half I chose, I was never going to feel completely fulfilled. For the longest time, I strived to minimize my ‘Vietnameseness’ in hope of appearing more assimilated”

#3- Dammo(a) t2eel دمو تقيل Translation: ‘His blood is heavy’

Generations later, still enslaved to the colonial past through language