Random reflections
The past few days, my mind has been occupied by various things. As a result of this, I reflected on different concepts and ideas and now I plan to incorporate all of them into one single piece of writing. So if in this blog you find, which you definitely will, my thoughts taking unusual turns with every proceeding paragraph, don’t be surprised. My first reflection pertains to a word that I recently heard in a video on YouTube in an attempt to learn Arabic. Mentioned on the first page of the book being taught was a word اغترب . At first, I didn’t know what that meant and so using a dictionary was pertinent. However, anyone who has gotten some understanding of Arabic can easily deduce the root letters of most words that appear to his eyes. Hence, I understood that this word was made up of the root غ ر ب . Also, the consistency of Arabic at most places allows its learners to figure out atleast some sense from the root letters. I hereby resorted to all the words and combinations th...