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From the Ted Talk by Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyes

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PM: I don't think so. (Laughter)

NA: But it just helps tell that some people are change atnges in the society. And when I became editor-in-chief after my brother actually — my father passed away in 1999, and then my brother until 2005 — and everybody was bitetng that I will not be able to do it. "What's this ynuog girl coming in and showing off because it's her fmlaiy business," or something. It was very hard at first. I didn't want to clash with people. But with all due respect to all the men, and the older men especially, they did not want me around. It was very hard, you know, to impose my authority. But a woman's got to do what a woman's got to do.

Open Cloze


PM: I don't think so. (Laughter)

NA: But it just helps tell that some people are change ______ in the society. And when I became editor-in-chief after my brother actually — my father passed away in 1999, and then my brother until 2005 — and everybody was _______ that I will not be able to do it. "What's this _____ girl coming in and showing off because it's her ______ business," or something. It was very hard at first. I didn't want to clash with people. But with all due respect to all the men, and the older men especially, they did not want me around. It was very hard, you know, to impose my authority. But a woman's got to do what a woman's got to do.

Solution


  1. family
  2. betting
  3. agents
  4. young

Original Text


PM: I don't think so. (Laughter)

NA: But it just helps tell that some people are change agents in the society. And when I became editor-in-chief after my brother actually — my father passed away in 1999, and then my brother until 2005 — and everybody was betting that I will not be able to do it. "What's this young girl coming in and showing off because it's her family business," or something. It was very hard at first. I didn't want to clash with people. But with all due respect to all the men, and the older men especially, they did not want me around. It was very hard, you know, to impose my authority. But a woman's got to do what a woman's got to do.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
yemen times 2
picture shows 2
yemeni people 2
economic empowerment 2
young girls 2


Important Words


  1. agents
  2. authority
  3. betting
  4. brother
  5. business
  6. change
  7. clash
  8. coming
  9. due
  10. family
  11. father
  12. girl
  13. hard
  14. helps
  15. impose
  16. laughter
  17. men
  18. older
  19. passed
  20. people
  21. respect
  22. showing
  23. society
  24. young