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From the Ted Talk by Deeyah Khan: What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids

Unscramble the Blue Letters


We are all in this together. And in the long term, regvnee and violence will not work against extremists. Terrorists want us to huddle in our houses in fear, closing our doors and our hearts. They want us to tear open more wounds in our societies so that they can use them to sreapd their infection more widely. They want us to become like them: intolerant, hateful and cruel.

The day after the Paris atktacs, a friend of mine sent this photo of her dahtegur. This is a white girl and an Arab girl. They're best friends. This image is the kryptonite for extremists. These two little girls with their superpowers are siwhong the way forward towards a soctiey that we need to build together, a society that includes and sortppus, rather than rejects our kids.

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We are all in this together. And in the long term, _______ and violence will not work against extremists. Terrorists want us to huddle in our houses in fear, closing our doors and our hearts. They want us to tear open more wounds in our societies so that they can use them to ______ their infection more widely. They want us to become like them: intolerant, hateful and cruel.

The day after the Paris _______, a friend of mine sent this photo of her ________. This is a white girl and an Arab girl. They're best friends. This image is the kryptonite for extremists. These two little girls with their superpowers are _______ the way forward towards a _______ that we need to build together, a society that includes and ________, rather than rejects our kids.

Solution


  1. supports
  2. society
  3. revenge
  4. attacks
  5. daughter
  6. showing
  7. spread

Original Text


We are all in this together. And in the long term, revenge and violence will not work against extremists. Terrorists want us to huddle in our houses in fear, closing our doors and our hearts. They want us to tear open more wounds in our societies so that they can use them to spread their infection more widely. They want us to become like them: intolerant, hateful and cruel.

The day after the Paris attacks, a friend of mine sent this photo of her daughter. This is a white girl and an Arab girl. They're best friends. This image is the kryptonite for extremists. These two little girls with their superpowers are showing the way forward towards a society that we need to build together, a society that includes and supports, rather than rejects our kids.

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