Ayman Ismail
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I don't even speak enough Arabic myself to pass it down.
And there was this moment the other day, you know, I have an aunt in Egypt.
She and I talk on the phone all the time.
I love her dearly.
And I was really excited because my kids were in the car.
And so I put her on speakerphone and I was like, they're in the car.
You should say hi.
And she said all these really nice things.
All in Arabic, I'm imagining.
I love you.
All in Arabic, right?
She doesn't speak English at all.
And my kids were just like staring out the window like they have no idea what's going on.
And at that moment, I'm like, oh, no, it's not just like about religion.
It's not even about like language.
It's about their tether to their heritage.
Are they ever going to truly feel connected to their huge family in Egypt at all if they can't talk to them?
And at that point, it started to feel more like an emergency than anything else.
Yeah, it was something we were weighing.
You know, my wife and I were both Egyptian.