Think Creative - Issue 1

Jackie Ogega, Senior Associate for Gender in Development, provides strategic direction on Creative’s gender transformative approach.

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Some Arabic- speaking visitors to Tunisia may be surprised when they have trouble understanding conversations going on around them. That’s because Tunisians also speak Tounsi or Darija (“everyday language”), which has been influenced by the country’s history as a convergence point for many distinct cultures and languages, including Arabic, Berber, French and Italian. It is closely related to the language of Malta. Lucky for travelers, Modern Standard Arabic remains the official language of Tunisia, and most people also speak French. Tunisia Culture Corner:

Top left: Natalie Lovenburg, Writer and Editor at HQ, and Zuwaira Muhammed, Northern Education Initiative Plus Reading Coordinator, during a Communications trip to Sokoto, Nigeria, in July; Right: Aprendo y Emprendo’s Gretchen Robleto, Youth Engagement and Communications Specialist, and Sergio Cantero, Scholarships Specialist, in Bluefields, Nicaragua after visiting outboard motor repair students in March; Bottom left: Founder and Chairperson Charito Kruvant celebrates with staff at a Creative 40th anniversary luncheon in Nigeria in February.

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Tunisian Arabic (aas-lema)

Several communities along Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast are only accessible by river! To meet with youth and instructors involved in the USAID Aprendo y Emprendo technical education project, staff board boats and head upstream from coastal Bluefields, the region’s capital.

modern Standard Arabic (salaam)

Photos by Erick Gibson (top & center), Jillian Slutzker (right); Natalie Lovenburg (bottom)

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