Double-Zee

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speaks: Arabic

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I share most of what I write here on Substack. Feel free to follow me there if you like what I write. :) Beyond deaf-inition https://beyonddeafinition.substack.com/

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Sigo leyendo

Todavía sigo leyendo el artículo de Rabab Abdelhadi, la activista palestina. Hay muchas cosas que dijo y suena con todo lo que ocurre en el mundo. Me gustó la parte siguiente sobre la resisitencia:
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Feb 12 - 1 min. read

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An Ethical Question

Almost two years ago, I asked you this question. It was about sharing my posts that I had them corrected here on my personal blog and with a translation charity. As I explained in the post, writing
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Feb 10 - 2 min. read

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El final de una experiencia nueva

La señora inglesa ya fui ayer. Vino como una voluntaria pero se fui como una amiga y ya la echo de menos. Durante su semana en nuestra casa, practicamos pronunciar algunas palabras inglesas. Además
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Feb 10 - 1 min. read

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Los pueblos colonizados

En el post de hoy, intento escribir algo un poco complicado sobre la política. No sé que puedo encontrar todas las palabras que necesito para expresarme, pero aquí estoy. Los pueblos que están bajo
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Feb 5 - 1 min. read

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Mi día en resumen

Estoy muy bien mentalmente hoy. Estoy hosting una dama inglesa por una semana. Ayer fui a la estación de tren para pick her up, no en un carro pero caminamos a casa. Esta mañana fuimos al mercado
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Feb 3 - 1 min. read

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Roads and Signs

That was a part of the dialogue in the series called "Westerner Abdel Kader or Al-Khawaja Abdel Kader". I think I'm this kind of person who ignores signs when they don't go with my preferences.
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Feb 1 - 1 min. read

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Nuevas palabras

He aprendido una nueva palabra, imprevisible, de un artículo sobre Rabab Abdulhadi, una activista palestina. "Todo es imprevisible. La imprevisibilidad no es porque sea un caos, lo es porque
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Feb 1 - 1 min. read

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What Would Happen To Me If I Died

That was another dialogue in the series of "Westerner Abdel Kader or Al-Khawaja Abdel Kader". Herbert was an unbeliever, depressed and so unhappy with his life so he desperately wanted to die to end
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Jan 30 - 1 min. read

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Westerner Abdel Kader

That was a dialogue from the first episode of "Westerner Abdel Kader or Al-Khawaja Abdel Kader" which was broadcasted during Ramadan 2012, featuring the Egyptian actor Yehia El-Fakharany and the
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Jan 29 - 2 min. read

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¡Practiquemos español!

Hay un dealer que vende drogas en la calle atrás. Todos le llaman Kutumutu. Había en la cárcel muchas veces. Creo que había adentro más que afuera. Su historia anda en la boca de la gente. Miguel no
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Jan 29 - 1 min. read

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Decluttering To Let Go

From time to time, I do decluttering around the house. Anything I don't need and is still in good shape, I give it away while I throw away this stuff out of condition. A few months ago, I did that
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Jan 28 - 2 min. read

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Do You Shower With a Loofah?

I bought a new loofah today. It cost me 50 pounds. This is almost triple what I paid last time I bought one. Everything is going up, and we're hardly catching up with the high prices. If the price of
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Jan 27 - 1 min. read

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El árabe y el castellano

He aprendido una expresión nueva en castellano que tenemos en el árabe. Que Dios te oiga, se usa para expresar un deseo que algo se cumpla. A: ¡Ojalá que viaja por el mundo pronto! B: Que Dios te
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Jan 27 - 1 min. read

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The Daily Struggle

Every evening, I struggle with writing my daily post here. I don't have any new ideas or things to tell. It's the same daily routine. The only update is that I had the webinar yesterday. It went
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Jan 26 - 1 min. read

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What Do You Do When You Miss Someone?

What do you do when you miss someone? I miss my niece and nephew when I travel far from them due to work. I talk to them on my sister's phone but the internet sometimes sucks and after a few failed
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Jan 25 - 2 min. read

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Be There!

One of the haunted thoughts I have is that my depression would scare people away from me. They would slip away one by one until none of them would be by my side. I know no one likes to deal with
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Jan 24 - 1 min. read

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Hearing Loss Webinar

Thanks to Women Beyond Silence, I'm having the chance to talk about hearing loss in a webinar after tomorrow. It's going to be my first online presentation at all. I'm so excited about it and about
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Jan 23 - 1 min. read

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Graeme And Me

After having gone offline yesterday, I checked my phone this morning. I almost missed nothing. No messages or emails from friends or even family. I felt like I could just disappear and no one would
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Jan 22 - 2 min. read

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Hola de nuevo

Estaba offline ayer. Seguí leyendo el libro que empecé más de dos semanas. Mother To Mother/ Madre a Madre. Es de la escritora sudafricana Sindwie Magona. Lo terminé hoy por la mañana. Era muy
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Jan 22 - 1 min. read

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Going Offline

I'm going offline for the whole day tomorrow. I feel like I waste my time every day doing nothing. I'm not on social media anymore (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, X) but still the time slips away
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Jan 20 - 1 min. read

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