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The University of Glasgow and the Islamic University of Gaza (Palestine) invite you to: Offering 'linguistic hospitality': an Arabic languageworkshopWhothis is for: theworkshop is tailor-made for professionals or volunteers who work withArabic-speaking people seeking asylum and/or people with refugee status. Itwill be also of interest to anyone planning to learn Arabic for education orpleasure.​When: 8thMarch 2019, 2pm –4pm​Where: FriendsMeeting House​6 Mount Street ​Manchester​M2 5NS ​(Map link: https://osm.org/go/evgoflvUt)​Presenters: GiovannaFassetta, MariaGrazia Imperiale NihayaJaber ​(University of Glasgow, School of Education; UNESCOChair for Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts)This workshop will discuss the importance of giving a space to thelanguages of people seeking asylum/people who have refugee status. Showing respectand appreciation for home languages people bring with them can facilitateintegration and promote wellbeing. During the workshop we will also offer a free Arabic language taster(for beginners) as an example of a refugee language that can be learnt to offer‘linguistic hospitality’ and to move ‘towards’ someone in their home language.We will also give information on the Online Arabic from Palestine languagecourse that was developed collaboratively by a team based at the University ofGlasgow (within the UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Languages andthe Arts) and at the Arabic Center of the Islamic University of Gaza,Palestine. Tea and coffee will be available.The workshop is free of charge, but places willbe limited, so booking is essential. To reserve a place, please write by the &#160;1st of &#160;March to Nihaya.Jaber@glasgow.ac.uk.