The lecture performance takes on language as a confrontational tool. It addresses language in relation to questions of privilege, hierarchy, and precarity, reflecting on multilingualism and society and tools of social negotiation. Still in my quotidian is a housewarming of sorts for a stranger in Amsterdam, a long awaited one. As Siwar receives their residency permit to stay another two years here, they question what it means to stay in Amsterdam, find space and allow for their language to claim space. It is an invitation to respond to texts Siwar wrote about her encounters with her arabic mother tongue in Amsterdam. It is a collaboration with Alev Ersan, Betül Aksu and Hanieh Fatouraee whom Siwar first met on a screen in 2023, as part of BAK's Fellowship for Situated Practice. Soon after, they formed a gathering called ‘Yaani’ inspired by the common word in colloquial Arabic and Turkish. Alev and Betül will be performing with Siwar about belonging, alienation, and familiarity as part of their ongoing discussion around language. Hanieh's voice will accompany them through a remote yet close proximity.