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From the Ted Talk by Jamila Gordon: How AI can help shatter barriers to equality

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My father used to call me Jamila "Gabar Nasiib Nasiib Badan," which means Jamila "The Lucky, Lucky Girl." And I have been very fortunate in my life. My family were originally nomads. And when it rained the night I was born, they stopped in a tiny vlagile that looked a bit like this, where we lived in the next 11 years until douhgrt and a war with Ethiopia fcoerd us to move to Somali's caiptal, Mogadishu.

When I was 18, my father rlieeazd Somalia was headed for a civil war and we are all at risk of being klield. He did his best to get me and my 13 brothers and sisters out of the country. The family was scattered to the wind. I was lucky. I ended up on my own as a dlcaipesd person in Kenya, and I was fontuarte to come to Australia thanks to a backpacker who I met there.

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My father used to call me Jamila "Gabar Nasiib Nasiib Badan," which means Jamila "The Lucky, Lucky Girl." And I have been very fortunate in my life. My family were originally nomads. And when it rained the night I was born, they stopped in a tiny _______ that looked a bit like this, where we lived in the next 11 years until _______ and a war with Ethiopia ______ us to move to Somali's _______, Mogadishu.

When I was 18, my father ________ Somalia was headed for a civil war and we are all at risk of being ______. He did his best to get me and my 13 brothers and sisters out of the country. The family was scattered to the wind. I was lucky. I ended up on my own as a _________ person in Kenya, and I was _________ to come to Australia thanks to a backpacker who I met there.

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  2. displaced
  3. drought
  4. capital
  5. realized
  6. forced
  7. village
  8. fortunate

Original Text


My father used to call me Jamila "Gabar Nasiib Nasiib Badan," which means Jamila "The Lucky, Lucky Girl." And I have been very fortunate in my life. My family were originally nomads. And when it rained the night I was born, they stopped in a tiny village that looked a bit like this, where we lived in the next 11 years until drought and a war with Ethiopia forced us to move to Somali's capital, Mogadishu.

When I was 18, my father realized Somalia was headed for a civil war and we are all at risk of being killed. He did his best to get me and my 13 brothers and sisters out of the country. The family was scattered to the wind. I was lucky. I ended up on my own as a displaced person in Kenya, and I was fortunate to come to Australia thanks to a backpacker who I met there.

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