I was afraid of rockets: Effect of languages in science | Diana Alsindy | TEDxGrandCanyonUniversity

Language can be a limiting factor for non-english-speaking scientific communities, especially in the field of rocket science. Take it from Boeing and NASA propulsion engineer - Diana Alsindy - as she sheds light on the unseen limiting factors that played in her life as a first-generation Arabic immigrant. Diana Alsindy is a propulsion engineer and the founder of @TheArabianStargazer,
a bilingual educational platform. She is responsible for designing, testing, and analyzing propulsion systems on liquid propellant rockets.
As an Iraqi immigrant, Alsindy is passionate about science accessibility and communications. She wants to ensure space and STEM are open for everyone. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@narminnawzad187]

We all as Iraqi people are proud of you. Thank you so much for letting the world know that Iraq has a wonderful and powerful Woman like you. You are an inspiration for us ❤️.

[@f_3]

We as Iraqi people suffered much and much and that's enough for the rest of our life, we always like it when someone feels us, our circumstances, our cracked mental health... hopefully looking forward to be okay and step forward like we don't have anything to care about. We all thank y Dyana, hoping y all the best 🌹💙

[@SpongeNoor]

Excellent speech. Great job bringing awareness to the lack of fluidity between science communities across the globe. You’ll be inspiring Arab youth for many generations! Hopefully we will see a more inclusive and more united scientific community regardless of language in the coming future. Congratulations Diana, well spoken. 👏

[@luluhatem95]

🔥🔥خطاب مفيد وركزتي ع نقاط مهمة جدا جدا جدا عاشت ايدج 🙌🏻

[@abbasal-siweedi662]

I hope you see my comment..you’re so powerful women and you focused on what arabic society really need to .
I am from Baghdad I’m really proud of you ❤

[@user-gs3tg7nq6r]

This lady is one of the few who i look forward to see what they post, thank you and I’m so proud of you❤️

[@banano3875]

proud of you Diana , you're an inspirational woman . ✨️🤎

[@aliraed-]

ديانا فخر العراق

[@user-sj6fy5ku9j]

فخر العراقيين

[@monalisa70amaj70]

Goooo girl💕

[@user-tl4pj6yp5e]

We are proud of you ❤

[@fabianarteagamagister1884]

Beautiful woman and great message. If we all work together, we achieve greater things.

[@Rememberit77]

Great job

[@gemgem3570]

Wonderful message and such an interesting topic! You’re going to be the reason for the change. I too was 10 in Baghdad during the war and was terrified of the missiles back in 1991 though.

[@basracity8675]

I'm proud of you 👏 🥰

[@yakupovbogdan7673]

thank you. I've got myself on a thought there is no difference between rocket and missile in russian either - or at least it's not near to a death and destruction :)

[@luluhatem95]

👏🏻❤️ديانا

[@anglegard2451]

So proud of you 👍

[@genuineethiox0914]

Great Speech.This a big issue for scientists who are working in non-English speaking community.Communication is essential for all stake holder.''Science half if it isnot communicated.''Thank you.❤✌️

[@giovanniricciardi1757]

The moment you realize even in Italian doesn't exists a word for "rocket" 😲

[@evajasim8734]

You got it girl

[@JANA-ip2es]

PROUD OF YOU ♡

[@samrasoli]

cool

[@poq.007]

❤️❤️

[@charbeltannios546]

The issue is in translation process , in arabic rocket means ( مكوك فضاءي)

[@tvavhust]

Ukraine has one word for marking a space rocket and a missile too. But after Feb24, 2022 when russia started the full war against Ukraine, Ukrainians informally started to call russian missile 'bledina'.

[@Patrick_919]

I don't get why she's giving this call to action in English to an American audience. If a language lacks proper scientific terms it's up to the speakers of that language to fix that.
It's also nothing new that languages differ in where they draw distinctions. Some languages consider green and blue to be shades of the same color. English has "uncle", but Chinese has multiple words for this familial relation depending on whether the man is older or younger than your mom or dad and what side of the family he's on. Finnish doesn't have gendered pronouns.

[@dianaalsindy3181]

Thank you for your question! Because if we want to make a change, we have to share it with everyone, especially a powerful country like America. A lot of our scientific publishing processes, education curriculums, schools and academies are based on English-models. If we don't spread this topic in English (and in Arabic later on), then it will be extra difficult to make a change. The call of action here is to provide accessibility to other nations to access our scientific discoveries.

[@radhwanazeez23]

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[@user-nt8yl1zn7n]

І am very afraid of rockets. I am fm Ukraine😭😭

[@FS-zn2tk]

silly and beautiful

[@user-wc2ho7im7j]

You are pretty and smart however you did not convince me linguistically the difference between rockets and missiles. Rockets are used to propel missiles. Rockets were used to bomb Baghdad alameria shelter.

[@kemal5615]

İlk