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Saving Palestinian Seeds and Stories (Level A1) — a pile of rubble next to a building with graffiti on it

Saving Palestinian Seeds and StoriesCEFR A1

5 Dec 2025

Adapted from Thin Ink, Global Voices CC BY 3.0

Photo by Emad El Byed, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
73 words
  • Vivien Sansour founded a seed library.
  • The library saves seeds and stories.
  • She grew up in Palestine in the late '70s.
  • As a child she knew orchards and trees.
  • She left a PhD to learn from elders.
  • She collects carrot, beans, arugula and spinach.
  • The project now works beyond Palestine.
  • UN says most Gaza farmland is destroyed.
  • The library is in Battir and faces incursions.
  • She wants to pass seeds to future children.

Difficult words

  • librarya place where people keep and share items
  • seedsa small part of a plant that grows
  • orchardsa group of fruit trees in one place
  • eldersan older person in a community
  • arugulaa green leafy vegetable used in salads
  • incursionsan entry or attack into a place

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Discussion questions

  • Do you save seeds at home?
  • Which vegetable from the article do you like?
  • Do you know older people who teach you?

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