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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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Russian, Janay Boulos of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic and Cagil Kasapoglu of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Turkish - after some examples in the Kinyarwanda language.

Image: David Amanor and members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s language services
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