A conversation with Naila Al Hares - sign language interpreter, instructor and founder of Sign With Naila.

Click to watch: https://youtu.be/SqYN2kS-jAM

Discussing the passion and pursuit behind Naila's sign language instruction, her mission to bridge communication between the hearing impaired and hearing communities and the personal journey that shaped her career and interpreter profession.

We also talk about different sign 'languages', lip reading along with several basic exercises shared with the audience.

Taped live at Aaliya's Books and released on International Day of Disabled Persons.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

4:41 Personal journey

9:55 Day to day activities

18:06 Sign language exercise

22:11 Access

30:20 Different types

36:19 Lip reading

41:59 Expressive

46:33 Another example

52:48 The basics

57:07 Coping

1:03:14 Perceived disadvantage

1:13:22 Rights of deaf community

1:19:14 Stigma

1:23:27 NGOs

1:30:43 Hearing impaired parents raising hearing children

1:45:04 In this country

1:47:42 Hearing impaired relative

1:59:47 Writing to communicate