sentence2: Many of them, I can say, are my closest and dearest friends. Many of them studied film; many of them studied comparative literature. Throughout the years I have learned a lot about them and with them.
sentence1: ويمكنني القول بأن منهم من هم أعز وأقرب أصدقائي، منهم من يدرس الفيلم، ومنهم من يدرس الأدب المقارن، على مر السنين تعلمت الكثير عنهم ومعهم.