Ghada Wali: How I'm using LEGO to teach Arabic
ガダ・ワリ: レゴを使ったアラビア語の教え方
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.
「世界の母」とも呼ばれています
filled with stories of rebellion,
反乱の物語や
triumph and downfall
言語的多様性にあふれています
in the power of storytelling.
信じるようになりました
with which to tell my story,
探し求める中で
出会いました
ご紹介します
can bring the Arabic language to life.
アラビア語に命を吹き込むというものです
why I want to do this.
お話ししましょう
can change the world.
世界を変える力があると思います
two separate dictators.
打倒するのに役立ちました
as a tool for positive change
グラフィックデザインの力と可能性は
was also a grassroots design revolution.
草の根的デザイン革命でもありました
far louder than words
雄弁な媒体でした
90 million voices were suppressed
30年近く 言論の自由を
and social suppression,
植民地制度や
of the Arabic script in the region.
徐々に損なってきたのです
アラビア語を使っていましたが
衰退しつつあります
in an increasingly globalized world,
ポスト植民地時代のアラブ諸国では
the Arabic script to communicate.
危惧されています
I noticed myself missing Arabic.
アラビア文字を目にしたり
自分に気づきました
one of the biggest libraries in Italy
最大級の図書館で
that this is what they had
「アラビア語圏/中東圏」に
"Arabic/Middle Eastern books."
このような書物でした
portrayed to the world,
アラビア語圏は
to the world-renowned writers
どうなったのかと自問しました
ハリール・ジブラーンは?
Nizar Qabbani?
素晴らしい詩人たちは?
of an entire region of the world,
文化的産物が
多様性に充ちているのに
of an entire region of the world
any kind of real impact
現代の社会的対話の中で
and contemporary social discourse.
奪われているのです
of my number one belief:
思い起こしました
変えられるのだと
to catch a glimpse of your work,
何かを感じて つながりを
from seeing us as evil,
世界からアラビア語圏が
見なされるかを考えました
アラビア文字の名誉を守り
other people, other cultures?
共有できるでしょう?
the two most significant symbols
アイデンティティの象徴とを
innocent and fun as LEGO?
楽しいものはあるでしょうか?
endless possibilities.
想像することができます
a bilingual solution for Arabic education,
方法を見出したのは 大発見でした
communication and education
教育こそが
通じる道だからです
do not only represent different worlds
それぞれ異なる世界を代表するだけでなく
for both Eastern and Western communities
日々 技術的問題を
why Arabic and Latin are different,
多くの点で異なっていますが
書道的に書かれ
to the Arabic language,
文字の繋がりが重要です
in order to articulate a given word.
文字をほぼつなげる必要があります
system of punctuation and diacritics.
まったく違います
different letter forms:
4つの字形があります
to young learners, foreign speakers,
外国語話者に紹介したいのですが
integrate to their host societies
手助けしたいと思っています
a bilingual learning system,
生むことを考えました
a fun and engaging way of learning
楽しく 魅力的な学習方法を
と書かれています
それぞれ1文字です
is explained in form, sound
文字が形と音と
and the four different forms,
4つの字形
the transliteration in Latin
ラテン文字での書き起こし
and chose the correct color background
適切な背景の色と
times four different forms.
4つの字形です
たった1週間で作りました
should and can be fun, portable.
そうあるべきだと思います
as many languages in the world,
翻訳したいと考えています
becomes fun, easy and accessible globally.
楽しく簡単で親しみやすいものにするためです
my nation's beautiful script.
美しい文字を守りたいのです
was a form of visual meditation,
視覚的な瞑想のようなものでした
祈りだったのです
made two languages.
ふたつの言語
of the same building unit,
出来ているからこそ
the world around us gets,
いかに醜いものになろうとも
on ISIS, the terrorist group,
テロ集団 ISISの本が
Egyptian goddess,
生み出し続けます
「ありがとう」という意味です
ありがとうございます
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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