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Catherine
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Yasmine Haj's essay was so melodic. I would quote it all!!!
"Arabic is all the jokes we couldn't tell, the stories we couldn't share, or co-create. It is all the cities and towns we had to leave and resettle and rebuild. All the places we were forced to call home."
— Sep 09, 2026 07:11PM
"Arabic is all the jokes we couldn't tell, the stories we couldn't share, or co-create. It is all the cities and towns we had to leave and resettle and rebuild. All the places we were forced to call home."
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Catherine
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what a thoughtful first essay! reminds me to check in with myself as a translator more regularly ❤️
— Sep 06, 2026 05:05PM
Catherine
is on page 11 of 223
when a book on a niche topic (here, translation from a decolonial feminist perspective) feels like it was made for you >>>>
— Sep 04, 2026 07:24PM