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Politics #41

ILR 3 · Politics & diplomacy · radio essay · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay's main reflection on borders?
Question 2 of 6How does the author describe the drawing of many borders?
Question 3 of 6What does the knife cutting a cake suggest about the borders?
Question 4 of 6What irony does the author highlight in the second paragraph?
Question 5 of 6Why does the author refuse to call for erasing borders?
Question 6 of 6What does the example of the mother and her daughter illustrate?
Vocabulary
حَاسِمَةdecisive
نُقِشَتْwere carved
قَالِب الْحَلْوَىcake
الْتِبَاسambiguity
كُثْبَانdunes
مِسْطَرَةruler
مَسَارَات الرَّعْيgrazing routes
بِغَيْرَةwith zeal, jealously
اعْتِبَاطًاarbitrarily
دُونَهُin its defense
إِطَارframework
الْقَرْيَة الْمُقَابِلَةthe village opposite