Language

"I understand what it means to be in no man's land. That is how many of us, born or raised in the diaspora, might often feel: outsiders from the inside."

When you represent Somaliland, do not carry only your speech and your documents; carry your culture, your history, and your language.

When you lose a language, you do not only lose words. You lose the world those words were holding.

Every Khmer word taught to a child is an act of hope. Every class in a temple is a quiet act of resistance. Every young person who learns to read and write Khmer helps protect our future.

Language is a reminder that some of the most consequential battles for freedom are fought not with weapons, but with words.