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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.32,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food is all about connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.32,0:00:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know for me, the taste \Nof a piping hot Earl Grey
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.76,0:00:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always reminds me of comfort\Nand the security of home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.29,0:00:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, particularly \Nwhen we feel disconnected,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.91,0:00:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that taste can mean everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.61,0:00:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there are some people \Nwho simply cannot go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.49,0:00:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like the Uyghurs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.71,0:00:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Muslim minority group\Nfrom Western China.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.61,0:00:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isobel Yeung went there undercover \Nlast year to report on camps
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.52,0:00:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where China has imprisoned\Nmore than a million Uyghurs
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.89,0:00:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to quote unquote "re-educate"\Nthem away from their traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.94,0:00:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of these traditions is \Ntheir distinctly unique cuisine
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.29,0:00:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and style of cooking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.34,0:00:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the more than one million\NUyghurs now living outside of China,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.10,0:00:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's never been more important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.08,0:00:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PRESERVING CULTURE
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.87,0:00:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's the secret\Nto making good laghman?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.06,0:00:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maria) The dough\Nhas to be prepared right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.68,0:00:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) Who taught you\Nhow to do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.39,0:01:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maria) My mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.03,0:01:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Adila) We grow up eating laghman,\Nmaking laghman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.68,0:01:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maria) In my country, I was a nurse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.70,0:01:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[After] coming to America,\N[I became] a restaurant chef.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.52,0:01:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) Oh, my god.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.61,0:01:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) Wow, perfect!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.65,0:01:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, my god, that texture is amazing,\Nthey're like the perfect consistency.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.69,0:01:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uyghur food is really interesting\Nbecause it does seem
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.95,0:01:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a mix of different types of foods.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.63,0:01:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.52,0:01:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, there's definitely \Nsome Chinese elements in there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.91,0:01:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with noodles, and garlic, and ginger,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.22,0:01:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then there's also a lot of like \NCentral Asian flavors, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.72,0:01:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Adila and her mom, \NMaria, are Uyghurs.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.50,0:01:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}They come from north-west China\Nin a region called Xinjian.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.46,0:01:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Unlike the majority of China's population\Nwho are Han Chinese,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.18,0:02:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the Uyghurs are mostly\NMuslim Turkic ethnicity{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.20,0:02:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}who have their own language and\Ntraditions much closer to Central Asia.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.36,0:02:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}My favorite Uyghur dish\Nis laghman or lamian,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.14,0:02:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}hand-pulled noodles served with meat,\Npepper, scallions, cumin, and spices.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.92,0:02:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the lamian mean to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.25,0:02:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laghman is a traditional dish\Npassed down from the ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.42,0:02:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is also why we teach our children\Nhow to make laghman and tell them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.20,0:02:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't forget Uyghur culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.27,0:02:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember us when you are making laghman."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, bye. \NHave a good one. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.99,0:02:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Adila moved from China\Nto Boston to study when she was 17.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.18,0:02:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Almost a decade later,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.56,0:02:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}she opened the only Uyghur restaurant\Nin Massachusetts at the time,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.25,0:02:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}with dishes based on her mom's recipes.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.01,0:03:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}During that time, Uyghur lives in China \Nhave deteriorated dramatically.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.16,0:03:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In an effort to, in their words, \N"combat terrorism,"{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.36,0:03:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the Chinese government\Nhas sent over one million Uyghurs{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.47,0:03:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to sprawling prison-like camps \Nover the last three years.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.65,0:03:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Here they're frequently \Ninterrogated and tortured,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.71,0:03:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}banned from practicing Islam,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.72,0:03:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and forced to recite \NChinese Communist Party ideology.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.52,0:03:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Xinjian has been transformed\Ninto a dystopian surveillance state.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.65,0:03:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Maria and Adila's own family \Nhave been swept up in the crackdown.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.29,0:03:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In 2018, Adila's father-- \NMaria's husband,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.59,0:03:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}stopped answering their calls.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.79,0:03:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Eventually, they learned \Nhe too had been taken to the camps.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.78,0:03:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family are on my mind\Nand in front of my eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.22,0:03:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time when I'm working.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.71,0:03:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I don't think about them,\NI might lose my motivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.66,0:04:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The father of my children is in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.50,0:04:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}When Adila is not working \Nin her restaurant six days a week,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.79,0:04:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}she's searching for any information\Nshe can find about her dad.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.42,0:04:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my father, born in 1971.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.34,0:04:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did he tell you about \Nhow the situation is changing in Xinjian?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.72,0:04:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like, you know,\Nwe can't talk directly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.100,0:04:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always said, {\i1}cold{\i0} or {\i1}warm{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.02,0:04:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he's worried about \Nthe Chinese government listening?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.42,0:04:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.19,0:04:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if anyone get detained,\Nthey would say, "He left."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.69,0:04:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father always call me the favorite way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.92,0:04:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Adila's father recording)\N{\i1}Adi hun. Adi hun. Adi hun.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.77,0:04:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I miss you, Adi hun.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.80,0:04:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Adi hun, my child.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.30,0:04:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Adi hun, my child.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.52,0:04:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like it a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.28,0:05:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Uyghurs is China can be \Nlocked away for anything from praying,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.70,0:05:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}wearing a long beard,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.88,0:05:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}or having relatives abroad.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.73,0:05:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In Adila's father's case,\Nit was for fasting during Ramadan.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.81,0:05:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think\Nyour dad's life is like, right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.64,0:05:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I don't want to think about this\Nlike, it's very hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.90,0:05:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get scared, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.35,0:05:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can't eat a proper meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.50,0:05:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom cooked for him every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.96,0:05:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't think about what he's eating now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.25,0:05:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Last year, Adila took part\Nin a social media campaign{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.60,0:05:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}called #MetooUyghur.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.33,0:05:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}She's also given testimony \Nabout her missing relatives{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.13,0:05:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and lobbied Senators\Nlike Elizabeth Warren,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.03,0:05:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}but speaking out has exposed her \Non Chinese social media.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.24,0:05:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was dragged into a WeChat group \Nwith 500 Chinese there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.26,0:06:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were seeing me like I'm a terrorist,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.78,0:06:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they post all the information \Nabout the restaurant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.93,0:06:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my personal information,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.57,0:06:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where did I go to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.10,0:06:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where do I live, my car, everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.31,0:06:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, that must've been scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.98,0:06:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.47,0:06:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}In spite of the threats,\Nor maybe because of them,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.34,0:06:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the work that Adila, Maria, and \Nchef Arkin are doing at the restaurant{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.01,0:06:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}feels more important now than ever.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.02,0:06:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, that's one massive noodle!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.88,0:06:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Just having a restaurant like this \Nadvertising Halal food{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.46,0:06:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}is no longer allowed in Xinjiang.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.87,0:06:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like for all of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.91,0:06:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, having this Uyghur restaurant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.86,0:06:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so much more than\Njust about selling the food.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.43,0:06:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about introducing a culture\Nand making sure it stays alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.23,0:06:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Adila) There are many many jobs \Nwe can make money, like easier jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.18,0:06:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A restaurant is really hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.97,0:06:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.60,0:06:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a year long.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.16,0:06:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like my food,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.64,0:07:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.48,0:07:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the way that you get\Ninto Uyghur people.