Catching the warmth, losing the words: why I built Tfaddalu
I grew up catching the warmth of my family's Palestinian Arabic but never the words. Textbook Arabic only widened the gap, so I built Tfaddalu to start where I wish I had: at the table.
Salah Adawi
Blog and portfolio website for Salah Adawi
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