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My Name, My Identity
What someone's name can tell you about family, religion and ethnicity
What does your name say about your identity? Can it define or influence your personality? In many languages a name can be very revealing about culture, ethnicity and religion. Stories from Famil Ismailov of 大象传媒 Russian, Janay Boulos of 大象传媒 Arabic and Cagil Kasapoglu of 大象传媒 Turkish - after some examples in the Kinyarwanda language.
Image: David Amanor and members of the 大象传媒's language services
Credit: 大象传媒
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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the 大象传媒鈥檚 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi