“I grew up listening to languages my immigrant parents didn't want to teach me, so I get a regressive pleasure out of feeling my way through sounds to their possible meanings. Not "getting" a word, or a line, or a poem at first read was never an obstacle for me — in fact, it was a seduction.” LanguageImmigrantsAncestorsMother TongueImmigrant ParentsFirst GenerationNot Knowing Your Mother Tongue Author:Ange Minko
“Oh my mother tongue, your existence in my life has been colonized by the imperialist. Born with an Arabic tongue but raised to only understand in the English language.” LanguageColonialismImperialismEnglishAncestorsNot Knowing Your Mother TongueEffects Of Colonialism Author:mais amad