Being multilingual roughly translates to speaking a mix of languages that is often only understood by those you live with or those who speak the same set of languages, which is quite rare in my case. Throwing in a couple of Arabic words that clash with Hungarian grammar rules but also fit into […]
Month: December 2021
What it Means to be a Hungarian-Palestinian
Being both Hungarian and Palestinian confuses things for me, now more than ever. I say this because earlier in life, I never thought about the political aspect of things. The approach that separates people from one another. The approach that divides families. The approach that leads to the breaking apart of countries; resulting […]
Anti-Blackness in the Arab Region
“Why are you so concerned about the Black Lives Matter Movement? It’s in the US anyway.” Part of a real-life conversation that happened on every other corner down the block. Part of the excuses people made for not posting, speaking up, or raising awareness when the BLM movement struck in early 2020. Part […]