Organiser Dalia, evaluator Wael, and participant Nabil review the results of a fictional six-week neighbourhood skill-sharing project before submitting its final report.
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قِيَاسُ نَجَاحِ مَشْرُوعٍ مُجْتَمَعِيٍّ
دَالِيَا: أَنْهَيْنَا سِتَّةَ أَسَابِيعَ مِنْ لِقَاءَاتِ تَبَادُلِ الْمَهَارَاتِ فِي الْحَيِّ. كَتَبْتُ فِي مُسَوَّدَةِ التَّقْرِيرِ: «شَارَكَ تِسْعُونَ سَاكِنًا، وَتَكَوَّنَتْ شَبَكَةُ تَعَاوُنٍ مُسْتَدَامَةٌ». أُرِيدُ مُرَاجَعَتَكُمَا قَبْلَ إِرْسَالِهِ إِلَى الْجِهَةِ الدَّاعِمَةِ.
وَائِلٌ: أَوَّلُ مَا يَلْفِتُ نَظَرِي أَنَّ السِّجِلَّ يَضُمُّ تِسْعِينَ زِيَارَةً لِثَلَاثِينَ شَخْصًا. الزِّيَارَاتُ تُظْهِرُ حَجْمَ النَّشَاطِ، لَكِنَّهَا لَا تَعْنِي أَنَّنَا وَصَلْنَا إِلَى تِسْعِينَ شَخْصًا مُخْتَلِفًا.
نَبِيلٌ: أَنَا حَضَرْتُ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَسُجِّلَ اسْمِي فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ. أَشْعُرُ أَنَّ اللِّقَاءَاتِ أَفَادَتْنِي، لَكِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَتَحَوَّلَ زِيَارَاتِي إِلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْخَاصٍ فِي التَّقْرِيرِ.
دَالِيَا: مَعَكُمَا حَقٌّ؛ سَأُصَحِّحُ الْعَدَدَ وَأَذْكُرُ الزِّيَارَاتِ مُنْفَصِلَةً. وَهُنَاكَ اسْتِبْيَانٌ أَجَابَ عَنْهُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ مُشَارِكًا، وَقَالَ عَشَرَةٌ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ رَاضُونَ عَنِ اللِّقَاءَاتِ. أَلَا يُقَوِّي ذَلِكَ وَصْفَ الْمَشْرُوعِ بِالنَّجَاحِ؟
وَائِلٌ: يُقَوِّي حُكْمًا مَحْدُودًا عَنْ رِضَا الْمُجِيبِينَ. أَمَّا مَنْ لَمْ يُجِيبُوا فَلَا نَعْرِفُ رَأْيَهُمْ، وَلَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ نَفْتَرِضَ رِضَاهُمْ أَوْ اسْتِيَاءَهُمْ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرِّضَا لَيْسَ هُوَ الْهَدَفَ الَّذِي أَعْلَنَّاهُ.
نَبِيلٌ: أَتَذَكَّرُ الْهَدَفَ: أَنْ يَتَعَرَّفَ الْمُشَارِكُ إِلَى شَخْصٍ مِنَ الْحَيِّ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ مِنْهُ مُسَاعَدَةً بَعْدَ اللِّقَاءِ. بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَيَّ، حَدَثَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَمَا سَأَلْتُ جَارًا جَدِيدًا عَنْ إِعْدَادِ سِيرَتِي.
دَالِيَا: هَذَا مِثَالٌ قَوِيٌّ، وَأَوَدُّ وَضْعَهُ فِي مُقَدِّمَةِ التَّقْرِيرِ. كُنْتَ مُتَرَدِّدًا فِي اللِّقَاءِ الْأَوَّلِ، ثُمَّ صِرْتَ تَبْدَأُ الْحَدِيثَ مَعَ الْآخَرِينَ. يَبْدُو لِي أَنَّ الْمَشْرُوعَ هُوَ الَّذِي بَنَى ثِقَتَكَ.
وَائِلٌ: قَدْ يَكُونُ قَدْ أَسْهَمَ فِي ذَلِكَ، لَكِنَّنَا لَا نَعْرِفُ كُلَّ مَا تَغَيَّرَ فِي حَيَاةِ نَبِيلٍ. لِنَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ تَفْسِيرِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَجْعَلَ الْمَشْرُوعَ سَبَبًا وَحِيدًا لِتَغَيُّرٍ شَخْصِيٍّ مُعَقَّدٍ.
نَبِيلٌ: سَاعَدَتْنِي اللِّقَاءَاتُ فِعْلًا، وَفِي الْفَتْرَةِ نَفْسِهَا بَدَأْتُ عَمَلًا جَدِيدًا يَتَطَلَّبُ الْحَدِيثَ مَعَ النَّاسِ. أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَصِفَ مَا اسْتَفَدْتُهُ هُنَا، لَكِنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَصْلَ أَثَرِ كُلِّ تَجْرِبَةٍ بِدِقَّةٍ.
دَالِيَا: أَخْشَى أَنْ يَبْدُو التَّقْرِيرُ ضَعِيفًا إِذَا أَضَفْنَا قَيْدًا إِلَى كُلِّ نَتِيجَةٍ. الْجِهَةُ الدَّاعِمَةُ تَسْأَلُ فِي نَمُوذَجِهَا: «هَلْ نَجَحَ الْمَشْرُوعُ؟» وَتَتْرُكُ خَانَةً وَاحِدَةً لِإِجَابَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ، لَا لِمُنَاقَشَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
وَائِلٌ: الْقَيْدُ لَا يُلْغِي النَّتِيجَةَ، بَلْ يُحَدِّدُ مَا تَحْتَمِلُهُ. يُمْكِنُنَا الْقَوْلُ إِنَّ اللِّقَاءَاتِ أَتَاحَتْ فُرَصًا لِتَعَارُفٍ جَدِيدٍ، وَأَنَّ لَدَيْنَا أَمْثِلَةً أَوَّلِيَّةً عَلَى تَعَاوُنٍ بَعْدَهَا، دُونَ ادِّعَاءِ اسْتِمْرَارِهِ بَعْدُ.
نَبِيلٌ: وَأَرْجُو أَلَّا تَخْتَفِي الْمُشْكِلَاتُ خَلْفَ قِصَّتِي. صَدِيقِي جَاءَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ تَوَقَّفَ لِأَنَّ الْمَوْعِدَ تَعَارَضَ مَعَ عَمَلِهِ. غِيَابُهُ لَمْ يَعْنِ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَهْتَمَّ بِالْفِكْرَةِ أَوْ لَمْ يَسْتَفِدْ.
دَالِيَا: لَمْ نَسْأَلِ الَّذِينَ تَوَقَّفُوا عَنْ أَسْبَابِهِمْ. كُنَّا نُوَزِّعُ الِاسْتِبْيَانَ فِي نِهَايَةِ اللِّقَاءِ، فَصَارَ الْأَقْرَبُ إِلَيْنَا هُمْ مَنْ بَقُوا. سَأَذْكُرُ هَذَا الْحَدَّ فِي طَرِيقَةِ جَمْعِ الْمُلَاحَظَاتِ.
وَائِلٌ: نَسْتَطِيعُ إِرْسَالَ دَعْوَةٍ اخْتِيَارِيَّةٍ لِمَنْ وَافَقُوا عَلَى التَّوَاصُلِ، مَعَ سُؤَالٍ عَمَّا سَهَّلَ الْمُشَارَكَةَ أَوْ أَعَاقَهَا. وَإِذَا لَمْ يَرُدُّوا، فَسَنُبْقِي رَأْيَهُمْ غَيْرَ مَعْرُوفٍ بَدَلًا مِنْ مَلْءِ الْفَرَاغِ بِافْتِرَاضَاتِنَا.
نَبِيلٌ: لَكِنْ لَا تَجْعَلُوا الْمُتَابَعَةَ اخْتِبَارًا لِلْوَفَاءِ لِلْمَشْرُوعِ. قَدْ يُفَضِّلُ شَخْصٌ أَلَّا يَشْرَحَ سَبَبَ انْسِحَابِهِ، وَقَدْ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى وَقْتٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ مُسَاعَدَةً مِمَّنْ تَعَرَّفَ إِلَيْهِ هُنَا.
دَالِيَا: كُنْتُ أُفَكِّرُ فِي عَدِّ الرَّسَائِلِ الْمُتَبَادَلَةِ بَيْنَ الْمُشَارِكِينَ. أَرَى الْآنَ أَنَّنَا قَدْ نَدْفَعُهُمْ إِلَى إِرْسَالِ رَسَائِلَ لِإِرْضَائِنَا، ثُمَّ نَعُدُّ الرَّقْمَ دَلِيلًا عَلَى الْعَلَاقَاتِ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُرِيدُ تَكْوِينَهَا.
وَائِلٌ: يَكْفِي سُؤَالٌ اخْتِيَارِيٌّ عَنْ تَجْرِبَةِ تَعَاوُنٍ، دُونَ طَلَبِ الرَّسَائِلِ أَوْ أَسْمَاءِ الْآخَرِينَ. لِأَنَّ الْغَرَضَ فَهْمُ التَّجْرِبَةِ، لَا تَفْتِيشُ الْعَلَاقَاتِ، نَقْبَلُ أَيْضًا إِجَابَةَ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْدُثْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ.
نَبِيلٌ: وَإِذَا اسْتَخْدَمْتُمْ قِصَّتِي فَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَيَّ النَّصَّ لِمُرَاجَعَتِهِ. أُوَافِقُ عَلَى ذِكْرِ التَّعَاوُنِ فِي إِعْدَادِ السِّيرَةِ دُونَ اسْمِي، وَلَا أُوَافِقُ عَلَى وَصْفِي بِأَنَّنِي كُنْتُ مَعْزُولًا؛ فَهَذَا لَيْسَ وَصْفِي لِنَفْسِي.
دَالِيَا: سَأَحْتَرِمُ ذَلِكَ، وَلَنْ أَجْعَلَ الْقِصَّةَ تُمَثِّلُ جَمِيعَ الْمُشَارِكِينَ. وَأُرِيدُ مَعَ هَذَا أَنْ يَفْهَمَ الدَّاعِمُ قِيمَةَ مَا حَدَثَ؛ فَقِلَّةُ الْأَعْدَادِ لَا تَعْنِي أَنَّ التَّعَاوُنَ الَّذِي وَصَفْتَهُ أَمْرٌ ضَئِيلٌ.
وَائِلٌ: بِالتَّأْكِيدِ؛ فَلِلْقِصَّةِ وَظِيفَةٌ غَيْرُ وَظِيفَةِ الْعَدَدِ. هِيَ تَشْرَحُ كَيْفَ حَدَثَتِ الْفَائِدَةُ، وَالْعَدَدُ يُوَضِّحُ مَدَى مَا رَصَدْنَاهُ. وَلَا يُغْنِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَنِ الْآخَرِ، وَلَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مُبَالَغَةٍ لِيَكُونَ مُهِمًّا.
نَبِيلٌ: إِذَنْ هَلْ سَتَسْتَمِرُّ اللِّقَاءَاتُ؟ بَعْضُ الْمُشَارِكِينَ فَهِمُوا التَّقْيِيمَ إِعْلَانًا عَنْ دَوْرَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ. أَنَا أَعْرِفُ أَنَّ الْقَاعَةَ سَتَعُودُ إِلَى اسْتِخْدَامِهَا السَّابِقِ، وَلَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ نَنْتَظِرَ مَوْعِدًا غَيْرَ مَوْجُودٍ.
دَالِيَا: سَأُوَضِّحُ أَنَّ الدَّوْرَةَ انْتَهَتْ كَمَا خُطِّطَ لَهَا، وَأَنَّ التَّقْيِيمَ لَيْسَ وَعْدًا بِتَجْدِيدِهَا. قَرَارُ التَّكْرَارِ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مَكَانٍ وَمِيزَانِيَّةٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ أَظْهَرَ التَّقْرِيرُ فَوَائِدَ وَاضِحَةً لِبَعْضِ الْمُشَارِكِينَ.
وَائِلٌ: وَهَذَا يَفْصِلُ سُؤَالَيْنِ: مَاذَا حَقَّقْنَا، وَهَلْ نَسْتَطِيعُ الِاسْتِمْرَارَ؟ عَدَمُ تَوَفُّرِ قَاعَةٍ لَا يُبْطِلُ فَائِدَةً حَدَثَتْ، كَمَا أَنَّ وُجُودَ فَائِدَةٍ لَا يَجْعَلُ مَوَارِدَ الدَّوْرَةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ مُتَاحَةً تِلْقَائِيًّا.
نَبِيلٌ: وَقَدْ يَسْتَمِرُّ بَعْضُ التَّعَاوُنِ خَارِجَ اللِّقَاءَاتِ الْمُنَظَّمَةِ. اِتَّفَقْتُ مَعَ جَارِي عَلَى تَبَادُلِ الْمُسَاعَدَةِ عِنْدَ الْحَاجَةِ، لَكِنَّ هَذَا اتِّفَاقٌ بَيْنَنَا، وَلَيْسَ خِدْمَةً جَدِيدَةً يُمْكِنُ لِلْمَشْرُوعِ أَنْ يَعِدَ بِهَا الْحَيَّ.
دَالِيَا: سَأَكْتُبُ فِي خَانَةِ النَّتِيجَةِ أَنَّنَا رَصَدْنَا تَعَارُفًا وَتَعَاوُنًا أَوَّلِيًّا، وَأَنَّ اسْتِمْرَارَهُ لَمْ يَتَّضِحْ بَعْدُ. وَسَأُرْفِقُ الْأَعْدَادَ وَحُدُودَ الِاسْتِبْيَانِ وَقِصَّةَ نَبِيلٍ بَعْدَ مُوَافَقَتِهِ عَلَى الصِّيَاغَةِ النِّهَائِيَّةِ.
وَائِلٌ: وَسَنَطْلُبُ الْمُتَابَعَةَ بَعْدَ أُسْبُوعَيْنِ مِمَّنْ وَافَقُوا عَلَيْهَا، وَنُحَدِّدُ مَوْعِدَهَا فِي التَّقْرِيرِ. لَنْ نُسَمِّيَ الشَّبَكَةَ مُسْتَدَامَةً مُقَدَّمًا؛ فَالسُّؤَالُ الْمَفْتُوحُ جُزْءٌ مِنْ نَتِيجَةِ التَّقْيِيمِ، وَلَيْسَ فَرَاغًا يَجِبُ إِخْفَاؤُهُ.
نَبِيلٌ: هَكَذَا أَرَى تَجْرِبَتِي فِي التَّقْرِيرِ دُونَ مُبَالَغَةٍ فِي وَصْفِهَا. سَأُرَاجِعُ قِصَّتِي، وَأَرْجُو إِرْسَالَ خُلَاصَةٍ لِلْمُشَارِكِينَ تَشْرَحُ مَا عَرَفْنَاهُ وَمَا بَقِيَ مَجْهُولًا، لَا الِاكْتِفَاءَ بِطَلَبٍ جَدِيدٍ لِلْمَعْلُومَاتِ.
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Dalia — organiser: We have finished six weeks of neighbourhood skill-sharing meetings. In the draft report I wrote, “Ninety residents participated, and a lasting cooperation network formed.” I would like both of you to review it before I send it to the supporting organisation.
Wael — evaluator: The first thing I notice is that the record contains ninety visits by thirty people. Visits show the volume of activity, but they do not mean we reached ninety different people.
Nabil — participant: I attended four times, and my name was recorded each time. I feel the meetings helped me, but I do not want my visits to become four people in the report.
Dalia — organiser: You are both right; I will correct the number and list visits separately. Twelve participants answered a survey, and ten said they were satisfied with the meetings. Does that not strengthen the description of the project as successful?
Wael — evaluator: It strengthens a limited judgment about respondents’ satisfaction. We do not know the views of those who did not respond and cannot assume either satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Moreover, satisfaction is not the goal we announced.
Nabil — participant: I remember the goal: for a participant to meet someone from the neighbourhood whom they could ask for help after the meeting. For me that happened when I asked a new neighbour about preparing my CV.
Dalia — organiser: That is a strong example, and I would like to put it at the start of the report. You were hesitant at the first meeting, then began initiating conversations with others. It seems to me that the project built your confidence.
Wael — evaluator: It may have contributed, but we do not know everything that changed in Nabil’s life. Let us ask for his interpretation before making the project the sole cause of a complex personal change.
Nabil — participant: The meetings really did help me, and during the same period I started a new job requiring me to speak with people. I can describe what I gained here, but I cannot precisely separate the effect of each experience.
Dalia — organiser: I worry the report will look weak if we qualify every result. The supporter’s form asks, “Did the project succeed?” and leaves one field for a short answer, not a long discussion.
Wael — evaluator: A qualification does not cancel a result; it defines what the result can support. We can say the meetings created opportunities to meet new people and that we have early examples of subsequent cooperation, without yet claiming it will continue.
Nabil — participant: I also hope the problems do not disappear behind my story. My friend came once, then stopped because the time conflicted with his work. His absence did not mean he was uninterested in the idea or had gained nothing.
Dalia — organiser: We did not ask those who stopped why they did so. We distributed the survey at the end of the meeting, so those who stayed became the easiest for us to reach. I will mention this limitation in the feedback collection method.
Wael — evaluator: We can send an optional invitation to those who agreed to contact, asking what helped or hindered participation. If they do not respond, we will leave their views unknown instead of filling the gap with our assumptions.
Nabil — participant: But do not make follow-up a test of loyalty to the project. Someone may prefer not to explain why they withdrew, or may need time before asking for help from a person they met here.
Dalia — organiser: I had been thinking of counting messages exchanged between participants. I now see we might push them to send messages to please us and then treat the number as evidence of the relationships we wanted to build.
Wael — evaluator: An optional question about an experience of cooperation is enough, without requesting messages or other people’s names. Because the purpose is to understand the experience, not inspect relationships, we also accept answers from people for whom that has not happened.
Nabil — participant: If you use my story, send me the text to review. I agree to mentioning the cooperation on preparing my CV without my name, but not to describing me as previously isolated; that is not how I describe myself.
Dalia — organiser: I will respect that and will not make the story represent every participant. I still want the supporter to understand the value of what happened: small numbers do not mean the cooperation you described is insignificant.
Wael — evaluator: Certainly; a story serves a different function from a count. It explains how a benefit occurred, while the count shows the extent of what we observed. Neither replaces the other or needs exaggeration to matter.
Nabil — participant: So will the meetings continue? Some participants understood the evaluation as an announcement of another series. I know the room is returning to its previous use, and I do not want us to wait for a date that does not exist.
Dalia — organiser: I will clarify that the series ended as planned and that evaluation is not a promise to renew it. Repeating it requires a venue and budget, even if the report shows clear benefits for some participants.
Wael — evaluator: That separates two questions: what did we achieve, and can we continue? Lacking a room does not invalidate a benefit that occurred, just as an existing benefit does not automatically make resources for a new series available.
Nabil — participant: Some cooperation may continue outside the organised meetings. My neighbour and I agreed to help each other when needed, but that is an arrangement between us, not a new service the project can promise the neighbourhood.
Dalia — organiser: In the results field I will write that we observed new connections and initial cooperation, whose continuation is not yet clear. I will attach the counts, survey limitations, and Nabil’s story after he approves the final wording.
Wael — evaluator: We will request follow-up in two weeks from those who agreed to it and state its date in the report. We will not call the network lasting in advance: the open question is part of the evaluation’s result, not a gap that must be hidden.
Nabil — participant: That lets me recognise my experience in the report without an exaggerated description. I will review my story, and I hope a summary is sent to participants explaining what we learned and what remains unknown, rather than only another request for information.
02Useful words and expressions
| Arabic in the conversation | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| مُسَوَّدَةِ التَّقْرِيرِ | the draft report |
| حَجْمَ النَّشَاطِ | the volume of activity |
| رِضَا الْمُجِيبِينَ | respondents’ satisfaction |
| سَبَبًا وَحِيدًا | a sole cause |
| خَانَةً وَاحِدَةً | a single field |
| أَمْثِلَةً أَوَّلِيَّةً | early examples |
| مَلْءِ الْفَرَاغِ | filling the gap |
| لِإِرْضَائِنَا | to please us |
| مَدَى مَا رَصَدْنَاهُ | the extent of what we observed |
| يُبْطِلُ فَائِدَةً | invalidates a benefit |
| الصِّيَاغَةِ النِّهَائِيَّةِ | the final wording |
| السُّؤَالُ الْمَفْتُوحُ | the open question |
03Check your understanding
Choose one answer for each question. Look back at the Arabic conversation for evidence. Open the English question support or a hint when you need help.
What to remember
- Distinguish repeat visits, distinct participants, satisfaction and evidence of cooperation.
- Use participant accounts to explain benefits while respecting consent and limits on causal claims.
- Separate evaluating completed work from deciding whether resources permit another project.
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Lakinna and Lakin in Arabic: Two Patterns for But
لَكِنَّهَا لَا تَعْنِي أَنَّنَا وَصَلْنَا إِلَى تِسْعِينَ شَخْصًا مُخْتَلِفًا
Use lakinna with an attached pronoun to limit what an activity count can establish.
Fa in Arabic Conditional Sentences: When the Result Needs Fa
وَإِذَا لَمْ يَرُدُّوا، فَسَنُبْقِي رَأْيَهُمْ غَيْرَ مَعْرُوفٍ
Notice fa introducing a future result after an idha condition containing lam and a jussive verb.
Because in Arabic: Give a Reason with Lianna
لِأَنَّ الْغَرَضَ فَهْمُ التَّجْرِبَةِ
Use lianna with an accusative subject and a nominal predicate to explain the purpose behind a decision.
