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Translation Project

 

 

 

Last month, Petra University students translated an interview from Arabic to English to help make a film for the Orphan Welfare Association of Baqa’a camp…

A job well done… and neither easy nor quick … as you can see below!
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transcript and translation notes

 

 

Its kind of nice when all of our goals –> English, translation, conversation, culture, helping others .. can combine in one project 🙂

 

 

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others?’ ”
— Rev. Martin Luther King

 

“Be the change you wish to see in the world” – Gandhi

 

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, its not.” – Dr. Seuss

 

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

 

“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”

 

Chapter 1: Feels like Home :)

Chapter 1: Feels like Home 🙂

Ever since i’ve unexpectedly moved to Amman, i didnt know what to expect. For me Amman was just a place where i go on hoilday every 2-3 years… meeting family… enjoying weddings… and being a tourist!. When the unexpected news from my parents popped up… i was shocked! i mean im going to be leaving everything behind.. thats besides my clothes and books…BUT My friends! My school! My road! and My life! i didnt know what it would ever feel like to live here but to be honest i was up for the challenge and i was exicted!

But there was a problem! a BIG problem…. what am i going to tell my firends?! they think im coming back…. i mean we had so much planned… to take the same classes together…to apply for university…to visit new places in our hoildays and much more! i was afraid i didnt know how to begin to tell them!.. mainly my best firend.. i mean she hasn’t got anyone but me..i mean we understand eachothers emotions and feelings plus we have known eachother since the 5th grade… we went through happy and bad times together..we are considered to be sisters!. i didnt have the guts! not at all! …

I picked up the phone to call her.. and i said…. ” i wont be coming back.. im staying here with my family….” the reaction was unbelievable!… it had a great effect not only on my best firend but her family too… they have been used to all the times we spent together…. ramadhan, Eid, birthdays,hoildays and sleepovers…for the past 9 years… i felt like i was one of them. Her brothers were mine.. her sisters were mine and my mother was mine.

The unexpected news shocked everyone back in oxford! Everyone!… It was my little hometown… the little roads i walked in are all pictured in my head…the creepy shortcuts home and the amazing places. i never thought i will ever value these places untill they were gone. There was a sense inside me telling me that i am going back… and Amman isnt my home..even though my family is here, my culture and my history… but ive never lived here…i dont know what people do for fun…how you supposed to act what you supposed to say and what you definitely cannot say! i left everything behind, and for the first time ever i felt homesick to a country that’s not mine. I tried hard to forget the fact that i was staying here in Amman… i kept lying to myself that this is just going to be a hoilday… a very long one.

 

A.K.M

Theory 2

We are all weak. No matter how powerful, rich, popular, self-absorbed, or popular we may be. You may look strong on the outside, whether it’s muscles  or simply the way we behave. I will admit that I myself have acted stronger than I really was at one point, and sometimes it’s intended to keep your close ones feeling strong under circumstances. People perceive you as a strong person, only to find that we are simply human. Inside we are growing weak, but our actions show otherwise. This may be a healthy approach, but you must feel strong on the inside so that you feel invincible  Otherwise, our hope will diminish and weakness will overcome the soul.

Humans are born weak, and until we figure out a better  way for our minds to work, we will stay weak. In other words, it is up to us to stay strong mentally, because true strength shows when: a person doesn’t give up on life once things turn bad, they don’t give up when something is too hard, and they don’t settle for something because it is what they want but for a choice that is better for them or the people around them.

People must drink water. They must eat and exercise. We, humans, need to protect our bodies and the surroundings they inhabit. These are some of the basic necessities to living healthy lives. However, other than physical health, there is mental health. Mental health affects us the same way as, and sometimes more than, physical health. Therefore, we must focus on our mental strength and letting things go. Life is short. Don’t waste time on things that don’t matter and stress only YOU. Choose things that better you or benefit your future, not things that you want in that moment. Otherwise, you will regret these naive decisions. Think of you, your future, and your health.

My theory: Stress should be sinful. Be happy, relax, live in serenity. If it means getting away, do it. This will keep you mentally strong, and feeling clear minded enough to make sharp and thoughtful decisions in your life.

-A