Layla Darwish

Political Activist • Speaker • Writer • Palestine • West Bank • Occupation • Displacement • Diaspora

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When did “bakana” become “kunit”?

October 23, 2016February 15, 2025 / Layla Darwish / Leave a comment

mansaf-1024x768When did bakana become kunit?

When did ifteet become mensef?

What makes my Arabic wrong and yours right?

Is it not true that my language has been preserved?

Is it not true that I speak the language of ancestral Palestine?!

When has my Arabic become rare and unique?

Then it is true that living in diaspora has preserved it well.

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