Video

Why يوم is יום but لحم isn’t לחם: shared Semitic roots, the Canaanite shift, س/ש swaps, and Hebrew–Arabic false friends like مكتب and מכתב.

A short video in English comparing one Arabic word and one Hebrew word. New format — let me know what you think.

How is Shami different from Tunisian Arabic? A side-by-side comparison of 10 everyday words — ‘a lot’, ’now’, ‘what’, ‘work’, ‘want vs. love’, and more — with a video breakdown.

Reflecting on my experience learning Derja before going to an engagement party.

A reflection on a company trip that wasn’t as bad as expected

I discuss two books I’m currently reading.

Nothing much to share today, so I keep the update short and quiet.

Starting a new kind of post, but I did not finish it yet.

An end-of-summer family trip squeezed in before school starts.

A train issue cuts my commute short and turns the day into a work-from-home one.