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May 2023
18m 46s

Momin - Cultural resilience and determin...

MARIELLE KHAYAT
About this episode

🇵🇸🇫🇷 This episode’s guest is Momin, he is Palestinian and found asylum in France, 4 years ago.


With Momin, we talked about: 

  • The role of the country’s locals when integrating a new culture
  • The commitment it takes to become native speaker of a completely new language
  • Seeing culture as an evolving mosaic, and continuously adopting new elements along the way
  • Building a home where you are with what you have


Happy blending!🥣

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