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التَّوْطين root: و-ط-ن / form II verbal noun / definition: to grant citizenship Ten-thousand-and-something days after my birth, Cyprus has finally acknowledged my existence. I can’t blame them for not granting me citizenship earlier though, as—well, how could they have known me? I was born in a London borough and have, since then, spent aContinue reading “Arabic Observations: تِلكَ and تِلكُما and تِلكُم”