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Ghassan Kanafani
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Ghassan Kanafani (غسان كنفاني): A prominent Palestinian author, journalist, and political activist, born in 1936 in Acre, Mandatory Palestine. He is best known for his literary works that explore themes of exile, resistance, and identity, such as his acclaimed novel “Men in the Sun.”
“Being a lexicographer is a lifelong sentence” | Jan Hoogland | 9273 Roots #31
He's the Dutch Arabist whose work forms the core of the legendary Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Jan Hoogland shares the inside story of its creation, his decades-long passion for Morocco and its Darija dialect, and why a single word's entry with 47 collocations is his absolute favorite.
“I went from zero to fluent in Levantine Arabic in one year” | Uchechi Kalu | 9273 Roots #28
After struggling with traditional methods in college, Nigerian-American writer Uchechi Kalu tried a new approach. Using mass immersion, she went from zero to fluent in Levantine Arabic in just one year. She explains her method and why you should believe in possibility.
“Arabic is a very organized and systematic language” | Mohammad Wehbe | 9273 Roots #17
He's the Lebanese language enthusiast behind the popular YouTube channel "MohCoolMan." Mohammad Wehbe discusses his "100 Songs Initiative" to subtitle popular Arabic music, his love for the novels of Ghada al-Samman and Ghassan Kanafani, and his passion for the Egyptian dialect.
