Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Nine and Happy Christmas!

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Today we are going to return to the topic of 'home'. We recorded this episode whilst we were back in our 'home' countries. Listen out for the sounds of the Old City of Jerusalem in the background whilst Ramzi is talking.

Here are some of the new words we will be hearing in today's episode:

بمستوى مجازي - On a metaphorical level

البيوت كلها فوق بعضها - The houses are all on top of each other

المهجر - In the diaspora / Abroad

الخروج من رحم امهاتنا - Getting out of our mothers’ womb

نوع من الغربه - A kind of strangeness

حقيبتي وطني ،و وطني حقيبتي - My backpack is my homeland and my homeland is my backpack.

سور - Wall

معقد - Complicated

اشي بهبل - Something foolish/trivial

الاشياء الملموسة - Tangible things

الحواس - The senses

هوية - Identity

مسلوب - Stolen

تكوين المكان - Spatial configuration

مغتربين - Expatriates