Double-Zee

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speaks: Arabic

learns: English, Spanish

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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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Aprender a gritar

Sí, estoy muy enfadada y escribir me ayuda muchísimo lanzar el enfado. Grito con las palabras que escribo. Grito por aquellos que no tienen voz o no pueden gritar. Escribo lo que no puedo decir en mi
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Apr 16 - 1 min. read

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Mother to Mother

A fictional story based on real events. A white girl was killed by a group of black youth. That white girl wasn’t a soldier or a settler. She came to help black people before the first democratic
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Apr 16 - 2 min. read

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Decision to Make

When Lang-8 was shut down, I moved to Journaly. I use Journaly in the same way I used Lang-8. I write in English and Spanish about topics that interest me, topics that are part of me as a person.
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Apr 14 - 2 min. read

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¿Qué hace tú a tú?

Quiero escribir algo en castellano pero no tengo idea qué tiempo tengo que usar. ¡Creo que tenga que usar el subjuntivo pero qué tiempo! ¡No sé! Tienen algún consejo para estudiar y practical los
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Apr 14 - 1 min. read

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WCNSF

Do you know what this acronym means, WCNSF? No, it's not an international organization. It's not a new AI technology. It means Wounded Child, No Surviving Family. In Gaza genocide, children regain
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Apr 9 - 1 min. read

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Ajuar

Ajuar es otra palabra viene del árabe. Decimos al shuar en árabe. Es lo que la mujer compra para su casa al matrimonio. En nuestra cultura, los padres ayudan a sus hijos establecer sus casas futuras,
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Apr 9 - 1 min. read

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Medical Terminology

My sister is going to have a lumpectomy soon. I don't know whether this is the right word in English for removing non-cancerous lumps! Actually, I'm not sure either what she's going to remove is
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Apr 1 - 1 min. read

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Over My Dead Body

Imagine after you passed away and were buried, some people from another country, calling themselves explorers or archeologists or whatever, came and took your body across the sea. They showcased it
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Mar 31 - 2 min. read

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La guerra del chocolate

Otra vez un artículo muy interesante y informativo. ¿Cuántas cosas usas en tu vida diaria vienen de África? ¿El té, el café, algodón, chocolate u otra cosa? 70% de la producción de cacao viene de lo
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Mar 31 - 1 min. read

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The Gravest Crime Against Humanity

Ghana, supported by most of the African and Carribbean countries, proposed a resolution to the UN to consider the slave trade a crime and called for reparations. Guess who voted against? Three
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Mar 26 - 2 min. read

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Érase una vez

Por la mañana, monté la bici, compré pán y pagué la fractura del agua. Era carísima. Tenía que pagar más que doscientos libras por tres meses. Me preocupo de que estoy pagando gastos con mis ahorros.
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Mar 26 - 1 min. read

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Russia in Africa

"Russia has recruited 1400 Africans to fight for its front lines in Ukraine." "40% of Gambian recruits were dead within 15 months." Russia broke out an unjust war against Ukraine that it doesn't even
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Mar 24 - 2 min. read

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Limpiar La Casa

Me gusta airear toda la casa por las mañanas. Pero solo cuando el aire no es frío, así que no me gusta el invierno porque todo hace frío. El salón donde juegan mi sobrino y sobrina está patas arriba.
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Mar 24 - 1 min. read

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The Uyghur Genocide

Every Friday, I receive a newsletter from Ethical Consumer, an association that analyzes how ethical some products and companies are. They are British, so they focus on analyzing things in Britain,
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Mar 23 - 1 min. read

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A Jewish Lover of Islam

A Jewish Lover of Islam is a very interesting article written by Hadar Cohen, a Jewish mystic. She talked about her love to Islam and what Islam meant to her. She touched on some intriguing points
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Mar 22 - 2 min. read

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Dear Women, Why Do We Endure Abuses?

I was quite shock, reading about Dolores Huerta breaking her silence regarding the sexual abuses she endured. I didn't know who she was or even who was César Chávez, the perpetrator, before coming
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Mar 21 - 2 min. read

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What To Do When You Feel Helpless

I read an interesting article by Lina AbiRafeh about how to support people who are going through wars, genocides and sanctions. She explains that even when we feel helpless, we still can do something
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Mar 19 - 1 min. read

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Migración y otras cosas

Me gusta muchísimo leer El Salto. Tiene artículos muy interesantes que desafían el punto de vista de la mayoría, especialmente en Occidente. Leí otro artículo sobre migración y migrantes en Europa.
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Mar 19 - 2 min. read

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I Wish Children Didn't Die

In Palestine, Iran and elsewhere, why do they bomb schools? Why do they kill children? What is their problem with those small beings? None of them can hold a weapon and none of them killed, so why
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Mar 17 - 3 min. read

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El gen de la estupidez

Leí un artículo en castellano. No entendí todo lo que diría pero estaba divertido leer lo que entendí. Es muy verdadero que ese tipo de personas que controlan el mundo, lo empeoran. Lo siquiente es
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Mar 17 - 2 min. read

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