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Ronald Zapien Date: Wed Oct 7, 1998 2:33 am Subject: Re: SW In Saudi Arabia | |
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Valerie: Just to let you know that the article was very informative. Cheryl Valerie Sutton wrote: > 10/6/98 > Well...SignWriting is not in Saudi Arabia yet, but if Prince Abdul Aziz has > his way, it will be! > > As you may know, there are three Deaf brothers who are princes in Saudi > Arabia. Recently I have had the honor to get to know Prince Abdul Aziz. I > have learned so much about the issues that Deaf Saudi Arabians face, > including the need to preserve their dialects of Saudi Arabian Sign > Language. > > It has also saddened me to learn of the need for better Deaf education in > Saudi Arabia. No one is in a better position than Prince Abdul Aziz, to > work toward improving the school system there. Because he is Deaf himself, > he knows the issues. > > I have been amazed at his deep profound interest in SignWriting. I think > you can see by his interview (which I just posted on the web)...Aziz really > means it. He will be presenting our new SW history video to five different > people in positions of power in Saudi Arabia, with hopes that they will > then invest in training for their teachers. > > Progress there is slow, but I will do everything I can to help - > > Meanwhile, if you would like me to post the text from the interview with > Aziz, which is posted on the web, to the SignWriting List, I will be happy > to do so. Do you want me to do that? > > All the best - > > Valerie :-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Visit the SignWritingSite: > https://www.SignWriting.org > > Valerie Sutton at The DAC > Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting > Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA > (619)456-0098 voice > (619)456-0010 tty > (619)456-0020 fax > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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