It is believed that around 80% of the words in the English dictionary are borrowed from other languages. Musician Karim Douaidy grew up speaking French, Arabic, and English. In this episode, he reflects on the linguistic crossover between Arabic and English – two languages thought to have little in common. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Karim Douaidy and Zak Sherzad.

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Karim Douaidy is a Brookly-based composer and audio engineer. Follow him on Instagram at @coffee_and_karim_

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• MUSIC and CLIPS

"Faces" by Karim Douaidy

This episode featured clips from the Al-Sarah & the Nubatones live performance on B-Side, produced by BRIC TV.

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3LiueKF

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