Ghada Wali: How I'm using LEGO to teach Arabic
غاده والی: چطور از لگو برای تدریس عربی استفاده میکنم؟
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.
مادر جهان.
filled with stories of rebellion,
از داستانهای شورش است،
triumph and downfall
in the power of storytelling.
with which to tell my story,
can bring the Arabic language to life.
چطور میتواند زبان عربی را زنده کند.
why I want to do this.
can change the world.
میتواند جهان را تغییر دهد.
two separate dictators.
as a tool for positive change
به عنوان ابزاری برای تغییر مثبت
was also a grassroots design revolution.
طراحی مردمی نیز بود.
far louder than words
90 million voices were suppressed
and social suppression,
of the Arabic script in the region.
در منطقه فرسود.
از الفبای عربی استفاده میکردند.
مشخص شدهاند خط عربی دارند.
در فرایند جهانی شدن فعالیت فزاینده دارند،
in an increasingly globalized world,
the Arabic script to communicate.
برای ارتباط استفاده میکنند.
I noticed myself missing Arabic.
فهمیدم که چقدر برای عربی دلتنگم.
one of the biggest libraries in Italy
that this is what they had
"Arabic/Middle Eastern books."
portrayed to the world,
to the world-renowned writers
مشهور جهانی چه شدند؟
Nizar Qabbani?
of an entire region of the world,
نادیده گرفته شده.
of an entire region of the world
any kind of real impact
and contemporary social discourse.
و گفتمان اجتماعی معاصر منع شده.
of my number one belief:
to catch a glimpse of your work,
که به کارتان نگاهی بکند،
from seeing us as evil,
ارتقاء دهم
other people, other cultures?
به اشتراک بگذارم؟
the two most significant symbols
innocent and fun as LEGO?
endless possibilities.
a bilingual solution for Arabic education,
برای آموزش عربی به روشی دوزبانه رسیدم،
communication and education
do not only represent different worlds
نماینده جهانهای متفاوتند
for both Eastern and Western communities
به شکل روزانه
why Arabic and Latin are different,
تفاوتهای خط عربی و لاتین هست،
to the Arabic language,
in order to articulate a given word.
حروف باید متصل شوند.
system of punctuation and diacritics.
کاملاً متفاوت است.
different letter forms:
to young learners, foreign speakers,
جوانان و زبانآموزان خارجی یاد دهم
integrate to their host societies
تا در جوامع میزبان
a bilingual learning system,
«بیا بازی کنیم.»
a fun and engaging way of learning
عربی استاندارد مدرن است.
is explained in form, sound
از نظر فرم، آوا
را درست میکنند
and the four different forms,
the transliteration in Latin
and chose the correct color background
و رنگ زمینه مناسب
times four different forms.
و همه اینها در یک هفته انجام شد.
should and can be fun, portable.
مفرح و قابل حمل باشد.
as many languages in the world,
becomes fun, easy and accessible globally.
در جهان آسان، مفرح و دستیافتنی شود.
my nation's beautiful script.
متون زیبای کشورم را حفظ کنم.
was a form of visual meditation,
نوعی مراقبه بصری بود،
made two languages.
of the same building unit,
یک جنس ساخته شدهایم،
the world around us gets,
on ISIS, the terrorist group,
درباره گروه تروریستی داعش،
Egyptian goddess,
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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