Simon's Arabic journey: Sweden, Cairo, Dubai
Simon and I have quite a lot in common. We both became Muslims at a relatively young age, learned Sign Language, married into the Somali community and love the Arabic language...
So please feel free to skip to the parts which interest you the most:
00:22 - Simon Says Squat
01:55 - Sam of Somalia
04:46 - Life in Dubai
06:48 - Tolerance vs coexistence
10:51 - Sign Language
16:42 - Simon's Arabic language journey From Sweden to Egypt.
26:46 - Do all Scandinavians speak perfect English?
30:10 - Difference between studying Arabic in Dubai and Egypt?
35:25 - In between Egypt and Dubai.
38:33 - How Simon Ended up in Dubai
44:52 - Islamic studies in Dubai
49:12 - Simon's final advice
Simon is personal trainer originally from Sweden but living in Dubai. On top of being a gifted linguist as we cover in this episode, Simon runs an online fitness business and is active in creating content. All of his links are here:
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Facebook: / simon.wallgren
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