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Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.08,0:00:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In August of 2012, I was in a tent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.28,0:00:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very near the North-South\Nborder between Sudans.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.40,0:00:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first time\Nthat I'd been in a refugee camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.88,0:00:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a bit past midnight,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.42,0:00:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sitting just to the left\Nof my computer screen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.28,0:00:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the photograph\Nthat I had been sent here to take.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.97,0:00:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd climbed up onto a pole\Nin order to get to a vantage point
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.14,0:00:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you could see the queue of people\Nextending toward the horizon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.39,0:01:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thousands of faces waiting\Nto take up mosquito nets,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.28,0:01:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peanut butter supplements, dried lentils.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.78,0:00:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a half-consumed bottle\Nof very warm vodka,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.52,0:00:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the screen in front of me\Nwas this photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.20,0:01:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking at that photograph,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.14,0:01:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to feel nauseous.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.44,0:01:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I might throw up into my screen,\Nand maybe it was the vodka.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.13,0:01:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it was actually\Nthis vast gulf, this huge disconnect
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.39,0:01:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between everything that I had seen\Nand experienced over that past week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.64,0:01:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that picture\Nthat was staring back at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.01,0:01:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a very specific kind of photograph\Nthat is a "refugee photo."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.24,0:01:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll know it if you've seen one,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.76,0:01:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll know as a photographer\Nthat you've succeeded in taking one
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.14,0:01:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it looks exactly like every iconic\Nrefugee photograph that came before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.66,0:01:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These pictures are quite clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.89,0:01:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can usually tell one\Nby the presence of either dust or rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.87,0:02:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are usually tired people\Ncarrying bundles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.53,0:02:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes there are leaky boats,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.48,0:02:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's usually fences\Nor coils of barbed wire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.32,0:02:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now these photographs\Naren't necessarily bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.09,0:02:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, they can be quite powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.49,0:02:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Problem is that these\Nphotographs are one sided.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.58,0:02:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a reason that they exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.86,0:02:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These photographs can and do posses\Nthe power to shock us into attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.83,0:02:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to illuminate crises that might otherwise\Ncontinue to be ignored.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.44,0:02:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what they did not do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.39,0:02:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is challenge our beliefs\Nand our preconceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.17,0:02:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I were to look at these photographs,\Nthese photographs that I've taken,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.64,0:02:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I'd be able to tell you\Nabout refugees
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.64,0:02:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they are generally\Nhungry and tired.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.61,0:02:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know if I can tell you\Nmuch more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.29,0:03:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if I would have any idea\Nthat refugees also get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.86,0:03:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that refugees attend birthday parties
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.75,0:03:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and refugees, yes,\Nrefugees have Facebook accounts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.65,0:03:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the Western narrative of refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.09,0:03:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has become the dominant,\Nthe only narrative of refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.88,0:03:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the effect of reducing\Npeople into victims
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.19,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reducing stories into mere tales\Nof one dimensional pity and sorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.20,0:03:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're spoon-fed repetitious images\Nthat match the stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.46,0:03:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as the Nigerian novelist\NChimamanda Ngozi Adichie says:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.08,0:03:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The problem with stereotypes\Nis not that they are untrue,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.59,0:03:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that they are incomplete."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.38,0:03:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United Nations, various NGO's,\Nand the media also love statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.38,0:03:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Statistics exist for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.86,0:04:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're meant to give weight and gravity\Nto crisis, to help us to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.35,0:04:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how often do we use statistics
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.42,0:04:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to describe the things\Nor the people that we love?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.83,0:04:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let's say we were in this horrible,\Nhorrible parallel universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.03,0:04:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a universe in which you\Nhad no idea what a puppy is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.15,0:04:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I were to explain to you\Nwhat a puppy is through statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.98,0:04:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you should know that a puppy\Nhas 17 vertebrae in its tail,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.37,0:04:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its shoulder height is roughly 28 cm,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.31,0:04:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the circumference\Nof its paws is 34.32 mm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.70,0:04:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you now know what a puppy is?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.51,0:04:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now compare that to just playing\Nwith a dog for 30 seconds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.46,0:04:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or reading the account of a little girl
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.64,0:04:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who took her puppy to the park\Nfor the very first time, or to the snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.83,0:04:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My point is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.51,0:04:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we learn not so much\Nfrom data or statistics
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.54,0:05:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we do from stories and experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.11,0:05:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, in case you're wondering,\Nthat's my new puppy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.85,0:05:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.85,0:05:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name's Cabbage. She's great.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.80,0:05:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing that you\Nshould know about statistics
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.30,0:05:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that while they're intended\Nto quantify humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.78,0:05:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they usually dehumanize
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.17,0:05:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people that they are\Nentrusted with and accounting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.100,0:05:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They already tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.02,0:05:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 2.1 million people\Nover the past year
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.79,0:05:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have fled from South Sudan\Nacross the border into Uganda -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.98,0:05:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2.1 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.95,0:05:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, maybe your brain is bigger than mine\Nand you can really conceive those numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.100,0:05:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for me, that number gets lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.85,0:05:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless I can attach it to an actual\Nflesh and blood human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.33,0:05:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really doesn't have any meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.73,0:05:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because there's a big difference\Nbetween knowledge and information.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.65,0:05:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that what we need
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.31,0:05:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to understand\Nsomething of this scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.94,0:05:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like the refugee crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.70,0:06:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not statistics; they're not numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.76,0:06:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're stories,\Nstories of individual people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.65,0:06:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's go back to that tent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.21,0:06:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's two o'clock in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.74,0:06:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vodka bottle is down\Nto about a third now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.93,0:06:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sitting there plugging in captions\Nto the really dramatic photograph
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.35,0:06:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've just captured.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.03,0:06:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm saying there are 234,000 people\Nthat have crossed that border.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.40,0:06:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while that number is completely\Nfactual, it's completely true,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.49,0:06:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's something that rings\Nwithin me as dishonest
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.87,0:06:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what it is that I am doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.06,0:06:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it is because when I was there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.81,0:06:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the thing that was not so impressive\Nwas the scale of the number of refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.93,0:06:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't how many there were,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.40,0:06:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't how much they were suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.21,0:06:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the fact that as I walked around\Nphotographing day in and day out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.88,0:06:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was followed by laughter and smiles -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.23,0:06:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this place which I had no ability\Nto believe that would happen -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.43,0:07:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there were children playing\Neverywhere I went,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.09,0:07:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like anywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.28,0:07:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kids were finding little bits\Nof sandal and picking up sticks
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.10,0:07:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to make cars
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.22,0:07:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were driving\Naround in the camps,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.22,0:07:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or collecting discarded bits of netting \Nin order to make soccer balls and play.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.70,0:07:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the emotion that welled up within me\Nas I interacted with these people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.83,0:07:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't pity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.92,0:07:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't even sympathy.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.24,0:07:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.86,0:07:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was amazed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.23,0:07:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find that this was not just\Na one-dimensional horror show
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.16,0:07:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that these people\Nwere not just mere victims,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.38,0:07:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were actually\Ndignified individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.53,0:07:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd only been told one story\Nabout refugee camps beforehand,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.16,0:07:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was one of horror.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.75,0:07:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't true, wasn't entirely true.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.92,0:08:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greater thing is that in this place\Nwhere people had lost so much -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.65,0:08:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who had lost their children,\Nlost their homes, lost their flocks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.03,0:08:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost their fields, and were now living\Nin tents in a foreign country
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.36,0:08:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded by strangers -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.43,0:08:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not only did they\Nmaintain their dignity,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.09,0:08:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the human heart is so big
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.57,0:08:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these people have maintained\Nthe ability to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.19,0:08:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at this point, I was\Nquite ashamed with myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.82,0:08:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ashamed of the photographs\Nthat I was taking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.81,0:08:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were reducing\Nthese people to stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.44,0:08:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were turning them\Ninto the exact same things
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.73,0:08:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had only evoked fear and pity in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.07,0:08:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what did I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.91,0:08:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.01,0:08:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.02,0:08:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rather than telling the story\Nof 234,000 nameless, faceless refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.30,0:08:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would simply tell\Nthe story of one person.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.14,0:09:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd tell it in a way\Nthat audiences around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.63,0:09:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of what culture\Nthey might be from,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.78,0:09:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the color of their skin was,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.97,0:09:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be able to empathize\Nwith that person,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.56,0:09:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would hopefully be able to put themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.51,0:09:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the shoes of a refugee\Nfor just one moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.70,0:09:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the idea was very, very simple:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.39,0:09:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just asked refugees\Nto tell me their story
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.50,0:09:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell me what was the single,\Nmost important object
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.86,0:09:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they brought with them\Nwhen they fled from their home
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.57,0:09:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their country.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.51,0:09:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The project that evolved out of this\Nis called "The most important thing,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.23,0:09:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd like to share
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.35,0:09:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the stories of the people\Nthat I met with you through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.53,0:09:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Dowla.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.48,0:09:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met Dowla in South Sudan.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.41,0:09:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd fled several weeks before this\Nfrom her home in the village of Gabanit
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.15,0:09:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after her home was bombed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.54,0:09:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dowla was the mother of six children,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.92,0:09:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most important thing\Nthat she brought with her
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.44,0:10:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the pole you can see draped\Nacross her shoulders
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.53,0:10:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those two baskets.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.44,0:10:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes she had to carry\Ntwo children in each basket
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.81,0:10:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she was walking with another one\Ndangling from her back
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.96,0:10:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then another walking beside her,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.68,0:10:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she made the 10-day journey\Nby mountain trails.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.21,0:10:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Leila.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.31,0:10:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met Leila in northern Iraq\Njust as winter was beginning to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.41,0:10:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She, her family and three other families
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.79,0:10:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were living in a roofless\Nconcrete structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.18,0:10:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Leila told me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.72,0:10:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the scariest thing in Syria\Nwas the voice of the tanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.52,0:10:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It was even more scary\Nthan the sound of the planes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.96,0:10:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I felt like the tanks\Nwere coming specifically for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.90,0:10:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important thing\Nthat Leila brought with her
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.63,0:10:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the jeans that she is carrying here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.76,0:11:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "I went shopping\Nwith my parents
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.71,0:11:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look for hours without finding\Nanything that I liked,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.86,0:11:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I saw these jeans,\NI instantly knew they were perfect
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.08,0:11:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have flowers,\Nand I love flowers."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.58,0:11:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd only worn them\Nthree times in her life, all in Syria:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.34,0:11:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twice at weddings and one time\Nwhen her grandfather came to visit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.17,0:11:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told me that she didn't want\Nto wear them again
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.62,0:11:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until she attended another wedding,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.29,0:11:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she hoped that that one too\Nwould be in Syria.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.64,0:11:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Sebastian.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.48,0:11:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sebastian was seven when his family fled\NAngola's War of Independence,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.12,0:11:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they crossed into\Nthe Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.29,0:11:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was more than 60 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.27,0:12:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sebastian told me,\N"I remember that it was cold
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.13,0:12:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that my father gave me\Nhis jacket to keep me warm.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.94,0:12:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was wearing it as we crossed the border,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.96,0:12:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every time that I see it,\Neven now as I'm telling you this story,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.90,0:12:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm reminded of him and Angola.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.12,0:12:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day that we cross back into Angola,\NI will have it with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.66,0:12:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will remember my father.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.30,0:12:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will wear it because I'm now\Na father myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.37,0:12:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two weeks later,\NSebastian went home to Angola.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.47,0:12:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not everyone is so lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.20,0:12:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today there are 65 plus million people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.77,0:12:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been forced\Nfrom their homes by war.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.96,0:12:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,65 million people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.47,0:12:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's more than during World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.19,0:12:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the greatest number\Nat any point in recorded history.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.42,0:12:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put that in other terms, that's nearly one\Nout of 100 people on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.04,0:12:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd like to share\None more story with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.49,0:13:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one more story of 65 million people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.94,0:13:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the story of my friend Fayiz.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.20,0:13:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fayiz is a person who's not very different\Nfrom any of the people in this room today,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.76,0:13:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that rather than me\Ntelling you about Fayiz,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.91,0:13:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he should do so in his own words\Nand his own voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.44,0:13:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The situation in Syria\Nwas very complicated.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.94,0:13:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[They had killed kids.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.76,0:13:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[So just imagine yourself coming\Nto your house, finding your kids ...]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.48,0:13:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[I couldn't sleep.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.51,0:13:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[I left everything.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.27,0:13:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[My name is Fayiz. \NI'm from a small village in Syria.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.30,0:13:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[I'm an English teacher.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.59,0:13:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[KAWERGOSK REFUGEE CAMP, NORTHERN IRAQ]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.68,0:13:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[I didn't choose to be a refugee.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.100,0:14:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Here in this camp\NI feel safe for my children]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.25,0:14:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[because I know that no one\Nwill come and kill them.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.72,0:14:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Before the conflict started in Syria,]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.15,0:14:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[we were watching refugees\Nall around the world -]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.65,0:14:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[especially in Africa.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.26,0:14:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[But I never thought\Nthat I will be a refugee.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.92,0:14:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[A refugee is a person.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.66,0:14:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[He's not from here.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.86,0:14:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[His tradition is different from ours.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.19,0:14:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[A refugee, also he is a human being.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.55,0:14:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[He has friends, he has emotions,]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.35,0:14:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[has everything that God gives\Na human being.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.12,0:14:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[A refugee is just a political name.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.54,0:14:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[We are dreaming every day of our houses\Nor the friends that we left.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.67,0:15:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The future is completely destroyed\Nfor me and my wife.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.02,0:15:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[But my kids,]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.34,0:15:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[in five years maybe,\Nwe can build a future for them.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.80,0:15:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[And they have time to forget,\Nto prepare themselves,]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.69,0:15:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[to rebuild, to, you know, repair.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.82,0:15:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[So their dreams,]\N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.70,0:15:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[better to take care of their dreams.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.99,0:15:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stories that you've heard tonight,\Nthis afternoon, have all been ones of war,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.77,0:15:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but war isn't the only thing\Nthat drives people out of their homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.73,0:15:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the refugees around the world\Nhave fled because of who they love,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.25,0:15:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have had to leave their homes\Nand their countries
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.54,0:15:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the color of their skin
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.21,0:15:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the ethnic group\Ninto which they were born.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.42,0:15:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now, in this age
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.13,0:15:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where fear and xenophobia\Ncan very quickly morph into policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.84,0:15:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's more important than ever\Nthat we remember
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.99,0:16:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's not only tanks and bombs\Nthat can force us from our homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.05,0:16:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the next time\Nthat you see a photograph,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.26,0:16:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dramatic one\Nof large numbers people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.08,0:16:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are sad and carrying bundles,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.70,0:16:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next time you hear a story,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.54,0:16:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very simple one\Nfull of shocking statistics
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.07,0:16:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a group who you\Nmay not understand very well,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.56,0:16:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask for more.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.02,0:16:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of Leila and think of Fayiz.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.70,0:16:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember, this isn't numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.62,0:16:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's people.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.72,0:16:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to leave you with a question:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.41,0:16:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had 30 seconds\Nbefore you had to run,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.76,0:16:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carrying whatever you could
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.08,0:16:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climb out the window\Nat the back of your house
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.24,0:16:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go out into the night,\Nperhaps never to return,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.67,0:16:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would you bring with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.36,0:16:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's your most important thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.39,0:16:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.62,0:17:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)