Amna Raja

About Amna Raja

Amna Raja is a linguistics graduate who speaks English and Urdu (with a distinct Karachi accent according to all the aunties!), her Arabic and Spanish are works in progress. She is especially interested in etymology, syntax but really anything language related will do. In her freetime, she enjoys reading, cycling and trying to pet as many cats as possible.

Home: A Poem

By Amna Raja|2021-06-18T18:50:36+02:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: All Topics, Creative, Creative Featured, Creative Latest, Expressions|Tags: creative, Home, Poem, poetry, reflections|

Home I've heard it many times in their stares. Go home! go home! Go back where you came from! I ask myself, isn't this my home? But… is it really? Do I have

Urdu Expressions Missing in English

By Amna Raja|2020-10-23T20:19:20+02:00October 22nd, 2020|Categories: All Topics, Articles, Articles Featured, Articles Latest, Expressions|Tags: Communication, Culture, History, language, linguistics, Speech, Urdu|

Doosron ko naseehat, khud miyan faseehat (He) gives others advice and he himself is only talk and no action (lit. Mr. Eloquent) This creative Urdu expression (ironically!) describes one of my earliest memories. The head