At one of the Language Explorers workshops, the artist told the children a story about how she flew to Ireland from her home country in a plane at night. She asked the children how to say “star” in their home language, because there were a lot of stars twinkling in the sky that night. The children and their parents volunteered their translations: “Gwizda!” “étoile!” “réalta!”
Haroon said ستارہ (sitara) and, without having to be encouraged, Haniya repeated it. Haroon’s face lit up with joy and pride at this unexpected moment of connection with his daughter.