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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 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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
- library — a place where people keep and share items
- seeds — a small part of a plant that grows
- orchards — a group of fruit trees in one place
- elders — an older person in a community
- arugula — a green leafy vegetable used in salads
- incursions — an 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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