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102/ On the Need to Shape the Arab Exile Body w/ Amro Ali

The Fire These Times

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The Ideology of Languages Can Be a Problem, and It Can Be Manipulative as Well

i think the ideology of languages can be a problematic, and it can be manipulative as well. The biggest criticisms against my use of english an tudor comes from a regime bot in the region. It doesn't necessarly come from some one else who is in a position of arabic authority. i'm am actually facing this, you know, dilemma, because i'm moving to morocco in a few months. And if i've been advised to learn french, but as i find this really crazy, i would never tell some one coming to egypt to learn English. But for some reason, french has really entered the derige alexicon in such a way that

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