Growing up in an Arabic speaking home in New Jersey meant that I absorbed two languages all day. At school and out in the world, I heard mostly English (some Spanish and Portuguese when I went into New York City or Newark). I loved when my mother told my sister and I stories in Arabic. Whether they be stories of her childhood, or stories from the Koran or folklore. I just loved absorbing imagery in the Arabic language. How stories and emotions are communicated are vastly different depending on the language one speaks. There are sentiments in Arabic that cannot ever be fully translated into English and vice versa. If I could choose a super power, it would be to know all the languages, so I can tell stories in each one. -Aisha Hauser (CLF)
What would your super power be if you could choose one?