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in how I spoke those languages. In Lebanon, while I would predominantly speak one language,

I was always switching back and forth, aiding myself with the other two when they better

expressed what I was trying to say. After moving the U.S., I found myself speaking only English

for the first time in my life. While it wasn't exactly difficult, it was a noticeable change and

nowadays, after being in America for almost five years, I find that English has become my

strongest language and the only one I use when I am expressing myself beyond daily

conversations.

Nai Obeid, Artist

FUN FACT: In Persia, the official language was Parsi, which is more commonly known today
as Farsi. Why? Because when the Arabs at one point took over the area, they did not have
the /p/ sound in their phonetic inventory, so they substituted /f/.

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