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People often ask me why I don’t smile in photos.

Despite tremendous leaps in safety, air travel is still fraught with danger.

German is no stranger to unique words that describe very particular emotions or concepts.

Picture Berlin in 1963.

In Arabic, Ard is more than just a word; it’s a tapestry of meanings encompassing Earth, land, soil and one’s homeland.

The term Hochdeutsch or High German refers to the standard form of the German language used in official documents, media, and taught in schools throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

On a sunny September day in 2013, my co-workers and I took a sailing trip in Zushi, Japan.

Brand is one of the well known Anglo-German false friends.

Draw me like one of your French girls Überleben, to survive, was one of the first German words that stuck with me.

What’s better than a cup of iced coffee on a hot summer day?

I’m not a big fan of language tests.

Five languages before thirty I grew up in Lebanon in the 90s.