Tag: Sounds

Alex, my friend and Spanish tutor, was talking animatedly as we walked down Avenida Alvaró Obregon. “I didn’t even like Roma very much” he said, “but it was a love letter to Mexico City. I could watch it with my eyes closed and know where it was set.” A...

As the sun was rising on the horizon appearing behind the mountains, the first rays were warming up our tent. I was gently waking up to the lovely sound of the river flowing just meters from our tent while the cries of the seagulls were already filling the valley. It had been a cold night and we ...

As the sun was rising on the horizon appearing behind the mountains, the first rays were warming up our tent. I was gently waking up to the lovely sound of the river flowing just meters from our tent while the cries of the seagulls were already filling the valley. It had been a cold night and we ...

My shoulders stoop from carrying the weight of the world. Sounds melodramatic, right? But that’s who I’ve always been, even as a child. My childhood was spent in an area of overt racism. My family was racist; I was not*, but I carried the weight of the prejudices that surrounded me. ...

Among the most influential minimalist composers of the 20th century, Steve Reich revolutionized the landscape of contemporary music with his hypnotic style and his innovative compositional techniques. Born in New York in 1936, Reich studied philosophy at Harvard and African percussion at the Univ...

KickArabic users could be rewarded $30,000 distributed to the makers of the best @KickStreaming clips (short form) depending on views posted on Tiktok, Youtube shorts and Instagram. “Equivalent to clip makers for Arab streamers Kick platform | The Arab Branch announces a sear...

There is a reason why you don’t hear French well And it has to do with the way babies learn languages. That’s actually a fascinating process. It was discovered that babies actually learn language by doing statistics. Because the first obstacle in their way is actually discerni...

Have you ever noticed the surprising similarities between the Greek and Spanish languages? From shared sounds and vocabulary to grammatical structures, there are intriguing linguistic connections that spark curiosity and raise questions. As a Greek and Spanish speaker, I go through many moments i...