And one story that always kind of captures my imagination.

It's very often.

The street's lost culture.

And you're listening to Kearning cultures.

Hey guys, it's Hibba.

So a few months ago, we released an episode called What's in a Name, which if you haven't listened to yet, you totally should. And today is a add-on to that episode. So after we released that story, a listener wrote into us and asked for more, specifically for us to explore the

literal meaning behind Arabic names. So we reached out to all of you for help and asked you to

voice note in messages. And here's what happened. Today on Kearning Cultures, a mashup.

Hi, Karni cultures. My name is Ghanwa Hakim.

My name is Janusz Kazami.

My name is Mohashem.

Okay, so I'm Neda Mabasar. Do you need my age?

My name is Navidverlin.

But just, do you know, like, why your parents named you, Sarah?

Yeah, my mom said she was choosing between Sarah and Yasmin. And then she said she looked at me after I was born and she was like, she's a Sarah.

We are the daughters of Tarik. We walk on Namariks. Namarek literally means pillows.

My least desirable nicknames would be Nunu, Niem and Nami. And then comes Nmura, and Narmura, which is the mini cushion, cushion, which like we can admit that it's cute.

Navid means good message, good news coming to you.

Still waiting for the message?

Yes.

We're also still waiting at all right eventually.

So my name Gennuant actually means song or small song in Arabic.

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