 | VOCABULARY to put across - tu: przekazać
point - opinia, argument, punkt widzenia
to make sth clear - wyjaśnić coś
Muslim - muzułmanin, muzułmański
identity - tożsamość
to wear - nosić/zakładać (coś), ubierać się (w coś)
veil - welon, woal, tu: czador
issue - sprawa, kwestia, tu: kwestia sporna
parents - rodzice
choice - wybór
profession - zawód, profesja
beneath - niżej, poniżej
a higher calling - wyższy cel, powołanie do wyższych rzeczy
to go into politics - zająć się polityką, robić karierę w polityce
purely - wyłącznie
simply - po prostu
purely and simply - tylko i wyłącznie, po prostu, najzwyczajniej
disappointed - rozczarowany |
Lesson 21
So, how do I put across my points then?Imman: For one thing, let me make it very clear, Somalia is... is a Muslim country, 100% Muslim country, but we also have a very strong cultural identity. Somali women don’t wear veils. Erm... We have our own traditional clothes. We cover our head, but definitely, it’s not a veil.
So we’ve never worn veils, I’ve never worn a veil, my mother has not worn a veil, so that was not the issue. The issue that my parents had with me and my choice of profession was that they thought it was beneath me.
They thought that I should have had a higher calling, that I should have gone into politics. And they were just purely, simply disappointed in me. So, is... it was just the choice of profession that I chose that they were not happy with.
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