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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food is all about connection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know for me, the taste \Nof a piping hot Earl Grey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always reminds me of comfort\Nand security of home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, particularly \Nwhen we feel disconnected,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that taste can mean everything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there are some people \Nwho simply cannot go home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like the Uyghurs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Muslim minority group\Nfrom Western China.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isobel Yeung went there undercover \Nlast year to report on camps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where China has imprisoned\Nmore than a million Uyghurs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To quote unquote re-educate\Nthem away from their traditions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of these traditions is \Ntheir distinctly unique cuisine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and style of cooking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the more than 1 million\NUyghurs now living outside of China,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's never been more important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PRESERVING CULTURE
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's the secret\Nto making good laghman?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dough has to be prepared right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who taught you how to do this?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We grow up eating laghman,\Nmaking laghman.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my country, I was a nurse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[After] coming to America,\N[I became] a restaurant chef.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) Oh, my god.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, perfect.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, my god, that texture is amazing,\Nthey're like the perfect consistency.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uyghur food is really interesting\Nbecause it does seem
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a mix of different types of foods.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's definitely \Nsome Chinese elements in there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with noodles, and garlic, and ginger,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then there's also a lot of like \NCentral Asian flavors, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Adila and her mom, \NMaria, are Uyghurs.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come from Northwest China\Nin a region called Xinjian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike the majority of China's\Npopulation who are Han Chinese,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Uyghurs are mostly\NMuslim Turkic ethnicity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have their own language and\Ntraditions much closer to Central Asia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite Uyghur dish\Nis laghmen or lamian,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hand-pulled noodles served with meat,\Npepper, scallions, cumin, and spices.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the laghmen mean to you?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laghmen is a traditional dish\Npassed down from the ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is also why we teach our children\Nhow to make laghmen and tell them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't forget Uyghur culture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember us when you are making laghmen."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, bye. \NHave a good one. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Adhila moved from China to\NBoston to study when she was 17,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}almost a decade later,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}she opened the only Uyghur restaurant\Nin Massachusetts at the time,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}with dishes based on her mom's recipes.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}During that time, Uyghur lives in China \Nhave deteriorated dramatically.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In an effort to, in their words, \N"combat terrorism,"{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The Chinese government\Nhas sent over 1 million Uyghurs{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to sprawling prison like camps \Nover the last three years.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Here they're frequently interrogated\Nand tortured, banned from practicing Islam,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and forced to recite \NChinese Communist Party ideology.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Xinjian has been transformed\Ninto a dystopian surveillance state.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Maria and Adila's own family \Nhave been swept up in the crackdown.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In 2018, Adila's father-- \NMaria's husband,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}stopped answering their calls.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Eventually, they learned \Nhe too had been taken to the camps.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family are on my mind\Nand in from of my eyes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time when I'm working.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I don't think about them,\NI might lose my motivation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The father of my children is in jail.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}When Adila is not working \Nin her restaurant six days a week,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}She's searching for any information\Nshe can find about her dad.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my father, born in 1971.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did he tell you about \Nhow the situation is changing in Xinjian?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like, you know,\Nwe can't talk directly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always said, {\i1}cold{\i0} or {\i1}warm{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he's worried about \Nthe Chinese government listening?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if anyone get detained,\Nthey would say, "He left."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father always call me\N[the favorite tree.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Adila's father)\N{\i1}Adi hun. Adi hun. Adi hun.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I miss you, Adi hun.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Adi hun, my child.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like it a lot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Uyghurs is China can be \Nlocked away for anything from praying,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}wearing a long beard\Nor having relatives abroad.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In our dealers father's case,\Nit was for fasting during Ramadan.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think\Nyour dad's life is like, right now?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I don't want to think about this,\Nit's very hard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get scared, you know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can't eat proper food meal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom cooked for him every day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't think about what he's eating now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ysobel) {\i1}Last year, Adila took part\Nin a social media campaign{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}called #MetooUyghur.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}She's also given testimony \Nabout her missing relatives{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and lobbied Senators, like, Elizabeth Warren,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}but speaking out has exposed her \Non Chinese social media.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was dragged in a WeChat group \Nwith 500 Chinese there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were like seeing me \Nlike I'm a terrorist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they post all the information \Nabout the restaurant,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my personal information,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where did I go to school,\Nwhere do I live, my car, everything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, that must've been scary.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so scared.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In spite of the threats\Nor maybe because of them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work that I dealer. Maria, and\NChef Arkin are doing at the restaurant,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feels more important now than ever.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just having a restaurant like\Nthis advertising halal food
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is no longer allowed in xinjiang.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like for all of you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, having this we go\Nrestaurant is so much more than just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about selling the food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about introducing, a culture\Nand making sure it stays alive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The many many jobs we can make money,\Nlike easier, job restaurant is really hard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day a year long.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like my foot,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you like me, this is the way\Nthat you get into. We were people