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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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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi