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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've talked about how climate\Nchange can mess with food supply,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but conflict can, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farmers flee, ports get cut off,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bombs can devastate \Nthe utilities that irrigate land,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep the water clean.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly what happened in Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's changing how people get \Nthe key ingredient in their national dish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tarek) {\i1}For thousands of years,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}these marshes have provided the\Npeople of Southern Iraq with fish.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Lots and lots of fish.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Carp has been the favorite here,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}going back all the way\Nto when this area was part of Babylonia.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It is grilled and seasoned \Nto make masgouf,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}which is now known\Nas Iraq's national dish.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Decades of war, invasion, \Nand political instability{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}have devastated the country's waterways.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}But fish's place in Iraqi culture\Nis as strong as ever.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}What has changed is how people get it.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TASTE OF A NATION
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tarek) We are in the Dhi Qar marshes,\Nit's four in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're heading out with some fishermen \Nwho use electricity to catch their fish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an illegal form of fishing,\Nbut it's one way for people to make money.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Samer) This is the generator, \Nand this is the converter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It outputs two cables,\Nlive and ground.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ground cable goes into the water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the live cable\Nis attached to my net here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the power stuns the fish to my net,\Nand I scoop it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tarek) {\i1}Samer Kadhim comes to the marshes\Nfive times a week for electrofishing,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}a method his father taught him{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that helps him to quickly catch\Nlarge amounts of fish at once.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Electrofishing is illegal \Nin most countries, including Iraq,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}because it can destroy ecosystems \Nand already fragile fish populations.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tarek) What kind of fish\Ndo you catch here?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(fisherman) We fish carp,\Ntilapia, and boshbosh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is tilapia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is boshbosh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since it's an illegal job,\Naren't you afraid of getting arrested?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I'm not afraid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The police have nothing to do with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't arrest you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's how we get our daily income.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are four or five people\Nin each house,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have God and fishing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a behind her is a fisherman and a\Ntour guide he grew up in the marshes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watched them changed and in\Nthe 90s mourn their loss.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when then president\NSaddam Hussein drain the marshes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Middle East, largest Wetlands as a\Nmilitary strategy to control his opposition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water, return to the marshes in\N2003, but it wasn't the same.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lincoln has you can imagine bother,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to match him
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with soapy water, High, natural or tracer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pollution has made losing fish or\Nat least one safe enough to eat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very real and looming threat,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for now fishes savored,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when it comes to me as goof\Nand preparation is taken very seriously.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are like, okay, it eventually.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are the summation horn player kulish?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you get that left arm high simcha\Nand am government? It does where I am.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am. I am someone, you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water from the marshes flows,\NSouth to Basra Iraq fish capital.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quality of water here. Got so bad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That in 2018,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 100,000 people were hospitalized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with symptoms related\Nto contaminated water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Widespread protests broke out against\Nwhat people believe caused the crisis,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government negligence and Corruption.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The situation did little to change\Nbus rides reputation for fish,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but restaurants have had to adjust.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bella mashhadi is one of the city's\Nmost popular spots and specializes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in men's golf.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We usually bring the fish\Nand everyday is fresh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is actually a raised by in pond.\NIt's not really from the river, you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've turned away from Wolcott fish\Nin favor of those raised on farms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which many owners see us\Nsafer and more dependable.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought if I tell you girls let's go.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond the Sileo manage a chromium\NDrama Camp simcha to schooi Allah
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and money in 17.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How important is most\Ngoof to Iraq? Pince-nez
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,group has really specific\Nimportance to be frank with you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has special taste,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, like even the the time\Nthey spend one day grow the fish,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives value to the\Ndish. So people loves it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the factors that threaten the country's\Nfish are not going away anytime soon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in some ways they've\Nmade fish, more appreciated,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way to feel connected to\Nwhat Iraq is and has been.