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“At the community center where I work we decided to offer an Arabic language class. We didn’t know if anyone would be interested, but we just tried. And I am glad we did. I was surprised to see how many Turkish people of all different ages want to learn Arabic! For me, as a language teacher, there is nothing as beautiful as seeing people becoming closer by learning each other’s languages.”
Seba Hamsho, Teacher
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“I knew exactly what Mrs Seba meant when she described the feeling you get when you see people growing closer by learning each other’s language. I can speak Turkish fluently and thought I’d use this to help bring people together. So I organised a photography class for Syrian and Turkish teenagers. One day we did a session outside and I saw it happening: everyone forgot about being Syrian or Turkish and just had a great time taking pictures of each other.”
Zekeriya Shobek, Activities Facilitator at Community Center