Ghada Wali: How I'm using LEGO to teach Arabic
Hada Vali: Kā es mācu arābu valodu ar LEGO
A pioneering graphic designer in Egypt, Ghada Wali has designed fonts, brands and design-driven art projects. Full bio
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the Mother of the World.
filled with stories of rebellion,
kas pilna ar stāstiem par pretošanos,
triumph and downfall
triumfu un norietu,
un valodu daudzveidību.
in the power of storytelling.
stāstniecības spēka aizstāvi.
with which to tell my story,
ar ko izstāstīt savu stāstu,
can bring the Arabic language to life.
var atdzīvināt arābu valodu.
why I want to do this.
kādēļ vēlos to darīt.
can change the world.
var mainīt pasauli.
two separate dictators.
veselus divus diktatorus.
as a tool for positive change
kā pozitīvu pārmaiņu līdzeklim
was also a grassroots design revolution.
bija arī dizaina pamatu revolūcija.
far louder than words
daudz skaļāk par vārdiem,
90 million voices were suppressed
vairāk nekā 90 miljonu iedzīvotāju balsis.
and social suppression,
un sabiedriskā apspiestība
ilgu koloniālismu
of the Arabic script in the region.
arābu rakstības nozīmīgumu.
reiz lietoja arābu rakstību.
in an increasingly globalized world,
arvien globalizētākā pasaulē,
the Arabic script to communicate.
saziņai izmanto arābu rakstību.
I noticed myself missing Arabic.
es ievēroju, ka ilgojos pēc arābu valodas,
one of the biggest libraries in Italy
vienā no lielākajām Itālijas bibliotēkām,
that this is what they had
"Arabic/Middle Eastern books."
portrayed to the world,
to the world-renowned writers
ar pasaulslavenajiem rakstniekiem,
Nizar Qabbani?
kā Mutanabi, Nizāru Kabēnī?”
of an entire region of the world,
of an entire region of the world
kultūras produktiem
any kind of real impact
and contemporary social discourse.
un mūsdienu sabiedrisko diskursu.
of my number one belief:
par savu galveno uzskatu:
to catch a glimpse of your work,
from seeing us as evil,
pārstātu mūs redzēt kā ļaundarus,
other people, other cultures?
citām kultūrām?
the two most significant symbols
un arābu identitātes simbolus?
innocent and fun as LEGO?
nevainīgāks un jaukāks par LEGO?
endless possibilities.
a bilingual solution for Arabic education,
bija divvalodu risinājuma atklāšana
communication and education
do not only represent different worlds
ne vien ataino atšķirīgas pasaules,
for both Eastern and Western communities
sarežģījumus ikdienā
why Arabic and Latin are different,
un latīņu rakstība atšķiras,
gan uz augšu, gan apakšu,
to the Arabic language,
in order to articulate a given word.
visbiežāk jābūt savienotiem.
system of punctuation and diacritics.
pieturzīmju un diakritisko zīmju sistēmu.
different letter forms:
dažādas burtu formas:
to young learners, foreign speakers,
jaunos skolēnus, citvalodīgos,
integrate to their host societies
iekļauties uzņēmējvalsts sabiedrībā,
a bilingual learning system,
a fun and engaging way of learning
jautru un saistošu veidu,
arābu standartvalodu.
is explained in form, sound
burta forma, izruna
interesantu rokasgrāmatiņu
and the four different forms,
to četrās dažādajās formās,
the transliteration in Latin
and chose the correct color background
pareizo fona krāsu
times four different forms.
reiz četras dažādas formas.
should and can be fun, portable.
un viegli pārnēsājama.
as many languages in the world,
pasaulē esošajās valodās,
becomes fun, easy and accessible globally.
jautra, viegla un pieejama visā pasaulē.
my nation's beautiful script.
savas tautas skaisto rakstību.
was a form of visual meditation,
vizuālas meditēšanas veids,
made two languages.
of the same building unit,
no vieniem un tiem pašiem klucīšiem,
the world around us gets,
on ISIS, the terrorist group,
izdotu par teroristu grupu ISIS
Egyptian goddess,
par seno ēģiptiešu dievi Izīdu,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ghada Wali - DesignerA pioneering graphic designer in Egypt, Ghada Wali has designed fonts, brands and design-driven art projects.
Why you should listen
Ghada Wali believes that graphic design can change the world. She developed an Arabic typeface that was chosen as one of the best 100 graphic design pieces in the world by the Society of Typographic Arts in Chicago. She won a silver in the International A DESIGN AWARDS, Italy. Her work has been featured in art exhibits around the world and showcased in various articles internationally such as the World Economic Forum, Quartz Africa, Wired Italia & Japan, Slanted Berlin and many more local and global platforms. Her work most recently won the Granshan competition in Munich, as well as two Adobe Design Achievement awards in San Diego. She has been awarded the AWDA, AIAP the women in Design Award in Milan, recognizing the influential women in the field.
Wali made it to Forbes Europe's List 2017 (Arts & Immigrants category), the first Egyptian woman ever to appear in this category. She was also named to the OKAYAFRICA-100WOMEN list for 2018. She has been featured on UN Women Egypt and has been representing the Egyptian Women Council empowerment campaign.
Wali holds a BA degree as one of the first design graduates of the German University in Cairo and an MA in Design from IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Florence, Italy, which she won as a scholarship basis. Her design experience includes MI7 Cairo, Fortune Promoseven and J. Walter Thompson, as well as teaching graphic design in both the German & American Universities in Cairo.
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