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Radio 4,28 Aug 2025,28 mins

Keeping My Family's Language Alive

Word of Mouth

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Michael Rosen talks to Samantha Ellis, author of Chopping Onions on My Heart, about her efforts to keep alive the language of her parents: Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. Samantha grew up in London hearing her parents speak the language they spoke in their homeland of Iraq. Now she's keen to try and speak it herself, and to share the poetic expressions of Judeo-Iraqi Arabic with her son. Produced for 麻豆社 Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven, in partnership with The Open University. Subscribe to the Word of Mouth podcast and never miss an episode: /sounds/brand/b006qtnz

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