How I Learned Arabic (in Arabic) - spoken Iraqi dialect

In spoken Iraqi Arabic, I tell the story of how I learned Arabic from Iraqi cooks and priests in a Chaldean Catholic seminary in Northern Iraq from 2007 - 2009. I was working as a relief worker for Mennonite Central Committee mcc.org in Erbil, managing humanitarian projects all over Iraq and teaching English classes for the seminary students. Before learning Arabic in Iraq I also learned Spanish in Latin America and the United States. I believe anyone can learn any language if they do three things: 1. Believe you can. 2. Make the daily decision to learn. 3. Seek immersion but also study the language One family I learned Arabic from in Iraq became close like my own family. Now I have been helping them find their way in America since they were resettled here as refugees in 2012. I documented their life over several years: Watch this amazing Iraqi family build a new life in the US in my digital docu-series, FATE WE MAKE: More info: www.fatewemake.com Watch it on YouTube:    • Fate We Make - EPISODE 1 - Iraqi Refugee F...   For more information about me and what I do: www.johnfilson.com Please let me know what you think! Best, John