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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.10,0:00:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have always been super fascinated\Nat human's ability to adapt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.21,0:00:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so good at holding\Nonto the things that make us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.70,0:00:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.15,0:00:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there's anything that\Ncan throw a wrench in that idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.44,0:00:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's probably 2020.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.25,0:00:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you do have to admit,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.82,0:00:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is pretty awesome \Nseeing people globally,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.75,0:00:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just sort of figure out\Nnew ways to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.22,0:00:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just take a second, as an example,\Nand we'll get Lebanon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.24,0:00:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm going to warn you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.67,0:00:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a vegetarian, \Nthis is probably going to be rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.42,0:00:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CRISIS DIET
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.30,0:00:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Since October 2019,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.25,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Lebanon has been on the verge \Nof economic collapse.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The revolution will happen!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.53,0:00:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}For months,\Nprotesters filled Beirut streets,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.52,0:00:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}demanding an end to the government's\Ncorruption they blame for inflation,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.69,0:00:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}soaring unemployment,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.04,0:00:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and unaffordable food prices.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.55,0:00:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The pandemic only made\Nthe situation worse.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.53,0:00:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Now, this crisis upon a crisis{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.19,0:01:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}is even changing\Nthe way Lebanese people eat.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.62,0:01:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) We need to start\Nslaughtering in a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.45,0:01:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) How long have you\Nbeen doing this job?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.87,0:01:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) I've been a butcher\Nsince I was twelve years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.59,0:01:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) For the Lebanese people,\Nmeat is very important in their diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.43,0:01:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Maher) Of course.\N- (Matthew) You eat a lot of meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.32,0:01:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) We're very used to meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.74,0:01:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say we have meat almost every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.32,0:01:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The economy collapsed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.66,0:01:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the people can't afford\Nto eat meat anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.73,0:01:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm one of the people \Nin the butchery business
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.56,0:01:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who hasn't had sheep in a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.77,0:01:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) Really?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.89,0:01:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) It used to be \NTuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.89,0:01:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sell three to four lambs every week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.69,0:01:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we started bringing two, then one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.20,0:01:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I stopped bringing it altogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.74,0:01:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too expensive\Nand doesn't sell enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.54,0:01:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Anxiety about money \Nhas never been higher,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.15,0:01:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}meaning for many Lebanese\Nmeat is now only for special occasions.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.60,0:01:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Like today,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.72,0:01:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}when Muslims are preparing\Nto celebrate Eid al-Adha,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.43,0:01:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the Feast of the Sacrifice.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Praised be to Allah, who allowed\Nbutchering. Allah is the greatest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.53,0:02:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Traditionally, \Nthat sacrifice is a sheep,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.82,0:02:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}butchered based on Islamic law\Nto be Halal.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.94,0:02:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Run away.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.32,0:02:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) We're outside the butcher shop \Nand these guys try to make a run for it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.16,0:02:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, unluckily for them, they were caught.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.75,0:02:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Put it up, please.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.22,0:02:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) You slaughter it like that\Nto make it [permissible,] right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.54,0:02:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) It's all [permissible.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.87,0:02:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "In the name of Allah,"\Nto express the good intentions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.36,0:02:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the person making the sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.48,0:02:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) Is it still alive?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.75,0:02:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Five minutes. OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.02,0:02:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) I'm going to become vegetarian.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.89,0:02:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Yes, the sight of blood...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.88,0:02:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.05,0:02:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) But it's a good thing\Nthat one eats meat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.57,0:02:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing where it comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.54,0:02:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.54,0:02:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the filet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.85,0:02:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Families like the Rida,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.48,0:02:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}who can still afford\Na lamb for the holiday,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.82,0:03:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}are paying double\Nwhat they did for sheep last year.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.01,0:03:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hello.\N- Hi, how are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.31,0:03:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Now it's all here.\N- All of it is in the bags.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.97,0:03:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will distribute all of these now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.80,0:03:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tharwat) The family that butchered\Nthe sheep takes a ration.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.12,0:03:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some for their relatives\Nand the rest for the poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.98,0:03:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) So you've changed \Nthe way you cook
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.11,0:03:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the economic situation?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.05,0:03:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tharwat) Sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.56,0:03:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started eating more vegetables,\Nwhich is healthier.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.05,0:03:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We saw this lamb this morning.\N- Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.98,0:03:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.44,0:03:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it was alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.68,0:03:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yummy. It's delicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.51,0:03:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How's your Eid this year?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.20,0:03:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no Eid this year.\NWe haven't felt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.94,0:03:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why?\N- I mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.49,0:03:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- because of the situation.\N- There's no happiness or joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.29,0:04:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}A 100% increase \Nin the poverty rate{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.100,0:04:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}means life is changed for most in Beirut.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.32,0:04:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Antoine) Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.45,0:04:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Even for Antoine El Hajj,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.05,0:04:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}a celebrity chef who's hosted\Nhis own daily cooking show{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.72,0:04:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}for the last 30 years.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.12,0:04:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Antoine) We'll first be cooking\Ncowpeas curry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.21,0:04:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're cooking this dish\Nfor the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.42,0:04:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're all used to chicken curry,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.71,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're not used to cowpeas curry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.53,0:04:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) How much have Lebanese kitchen\Nchanged since the coronavirus
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.51,0:04:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the economic crisis?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.77,0:04:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Antoine) Since the beginning \Nof the coronavirus, it's changed a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.19,0:04:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lebanese people like meat, \Nincluding myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.48,0:04:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really liked meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.18,0:04:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's been more than four months now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.95,0:04:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've eaten kibbeh\N(minced meat-stuffed dough) only once.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.92,0:04:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's impossible for me-- after hosting\Na daily TV show for 30 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.48,0:04:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which everyone watches.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.75,0:04:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people now can't afford\Nan ounce of meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.95,0:04:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I come and work with a kilo of meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.94,0:04:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just doesn't make sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.30,0:04:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary, I want to be helping out\Nwith the crisis we're facing here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.81,0:05:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we're using recipes \Nthat are good and appropriate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.100,0:05:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time affordable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.10,0:05:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we made green pea curry, \Nma'amoul with walnut,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.92,0:05:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ma'amoul with dates.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.94,0:05:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's show has ended.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.53,0:05:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll see you in future episodes,\Nalways on Télé Liban.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.41,0:05:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goodbye.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.69,0:05:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Lebanon's dire situation\Ngot even worse in August{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.17,0:05:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}when a massive explosion in Beirut\Nkilled more than 190 people,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.50,0:05:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}caused billions of dollars\Nin property damage,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.94,0:05:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and destroyed the country's largest port.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.69,0:05:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Lebanon had depended on that port\Nto bring in 80% of its food.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.96,0:05:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}That reliance on imported food{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.12,0:05:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}has already driven some people\Nto find solutions{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.82,0:05:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}beyond just switching their diets.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.69,0:05:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Karim) I'm growing like,\NI think more than 100 types of foods
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.64,0:05:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as trees, avocados, mangoes--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.06,0:05:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Karim El Hassan \Nwas a cafe owner in Beirut{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.78,0:05:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}before closing up his shop\Nand returning to his hometown.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.24,0:06:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Karim) My decision to come back was...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.12,0:06:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely just for security.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.79,0:06:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found it really futile to try to seek...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.79,0:06:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a flow of income,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.49,0:06:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can use that \Nand come and spend it on food,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.89,0:06:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I can actually just grow my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.71,0:06:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's my lab--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.89,0:06:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a sample of the things\Nwe process on stock.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.84,0:06:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eggplant, cucumbers, \Nand mekti pickles, some herbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.23,0:06:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe\Na lot of people are content.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.53,0:06:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not satisfied
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.58,0:06:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want to continue \Naffording meat and chicken
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.45,0:06:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost on a daily basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.43,0:06:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is so unhealthy and it's abnormal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.96,0:06:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The system is setting us up for failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.02,0:06:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're stretching it out \Nas much as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.46,0:06:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're milking us to the last penny.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.58,0:06:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really fear for the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.04,0:06:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think we have\Na bright future coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.35,0:06:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.32,0:06:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either you sit and you fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.48,0:06:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just migrate, leave.