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It was nearly a decade ago, but Lujain Abulfaraj still distinctly remembers the pain when she first realised that her two children could not converse with her beloved maternal grandmother in Arabic.

In a quiet corner of a Cairo suburb, Ghada Wali crouches down on the ceramic tiled floor of her family home, creating patterns with Lego blocks. The 30-year old hasn’t raided her old toy box in a fit ...