Syria One - Transcription
I was born in Spain and that was in the 19's, 1978. And, um, I lived there for eleven years in Barcelona. And then my dad who is an, ah, an eye-doctor, um, got a job in Saudi Arabia. My mom was a family doctor and, um, she worked in Spain. But once they moved, once we moved to Saudi Arabia she didn't work anymore. She just stayed home cause we were, like, three children with her, you know. And we didn't know any Arabic. So she started teaching us Arabic cause we were old in school. So they taught us a lot of, you know. It was hard for us to start from nowhere. We didn't know any Arabic so she stayed home and helped us with school. My dad, you know, um, worked as an eye-doctor and they're still there live, they live there. Well, I've never been to Syria, um, but, um, for a long time I mean. But I never lived there for more than a month. We used to go there. When we lived in Saudi Arabia we live, we, we use to go to Spain for vacation. The next, the following year to Syria and then the following year to Spain. Then to Syria. So I don't know Syria very well. My first language was Spanish and I learned that for eleven years and whenever, when I moved to Saudi Arabia I start learning Arabic; which was really hard cause they're real, it's a really different language.
[WHEN ASKED TO SPEAK SOMETHING IN ARABIC, THE SUBJECT GAVE US THE FOLLOWING]
Allaho Akbar Allaho Akbar
Ash hado au la ilaha illa allah
Ash hadu ana mohamad Rasool allah
Hayya ala alsalat
Hayya ala alal falah
Ala alsalat
Ala alsalat
[TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY SUBJECT]
Pray to you, Pray to you
There is only one god
Your follower is Mohamad Rasol Allah
You are good
You are great
Wonderful god
Wonderful god