Hi listeners, I hope you are all really well.

Sorry that I took a while to record the next episode.

Today I'll be speaking again with my friend Adam (also known as Ahmed) from Gaza about the reasons behind him choosing to study international social work.

Very important to this conversation is the fact that Adam is blind and, as a result, has had to face a lot of significant challenges.

However, he is using his lived experience as a disabled man to help others; through studying international social work.

If you want to know more about his story you can check out his GoFundMe page linked at the bottom. Adam is raising money to pay his tuition fees and living expenses as he completes his studies in the Netherlands. The world needs more dedicated and compassionate social workers like Adam so if you are interested please check out his fundraiser.

I suppose it's also important to say that in this episode there is a lot we don't discuss, including details of what Adam's family in Gaza are facing right now. We weren't consciously avoiding the topic, more that there sometimes aren't sufficient words to describe something.

Big thank you to Adam for making the time to speak to me even in these terrible moments and still finding ways to laugh in spite of it all.

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Here is the vocabulary:

ماشي الحال - It is so so

 لقب - Nickname

بالتحديد - Specifically

كفيف - Blind

لاللي ما بيعرفوا - For those who do not know

فقدت بصري - I lost my sight

زي ما انتِ شايفة - As you can see

دمار - Destruction

ذوي احتياجات خاصة - People with special needs

اتصاوبوا - They got injured

عناصر منتجة في المجتمع 

Productive members of society

تأهيل- Rehabilitation

أسأل مجرب ولا تسأل طبيب

Ask someone who has  firsthand experience with a disease rather than a doctor.

تخمين - Guessing

سؤال عشوائي - Random question

برج العقرب - Scorpio (Zodiac sign)

شو بعرفك! - You never know!

عقبات  - Obstacles

التنهد - A sigh

امكانية الوصول - Accessibility

مش أحسن شي من ناحية

It's not the best (usually when you are talking about something which is no better than the bare minimum)

القوة العضلية - Physical strength

رسوم الدراسة - Tuition fees

مصاريف - Expenses

أصرف على نفسي - To spend on myself

يساريين - Leftists

مهاجرين - Immigrants

ودودين - Friendly

البنية التحتية - Infrastructure

صدمة ثقافية - Culture shock

حرفيا - Literally

على أرض الواقع - In reality

حضنتها - I embraced her

مزدحم - Crowded

مقارنة ب - In comparison with

مع احترامي الشديد - With all due respect

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed-studeren-en-zijn-droom-waar-te-maken?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=chat&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_term=undefined