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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have always been super fascinated\Nat humans ability to adapt.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so good at holding onto\Nthe things that make us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, who we are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there's anything \Nthat can throw a wrench at that idea
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is probably 2020.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you do have to admit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is pretty awesome \Nseeing people globally,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just sort of figuring out\Nnew ways to survive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just take a second, as an example,\Nand we'll get Lebanon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm going to warn you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a vegetarian, \Nthis is probably going to be rough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CRISIS DIET
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Since October 2019,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Lebanon has been on the verge \Nof economic collapse.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The revolution will happen!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}For months, protesters filled\NBeirut streets,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}demanding an end to the government\Ncorruption they blame for inflation,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}soaring unemployment\Nand unaffordable food prices.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The pandemic only made\Nthe situation worse.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Now, this crisis upon a crisis\Nis even changing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the way Lebanese people eat.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Marher) We need to start\Nslaughtering in a bit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) How long have you\Nbeen doing this job?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Marher) I've been a butcher\Nsince I was twelve years old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) For the Lebanese people,\Nmeat is very important in their diet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Maher) Of course.\N- (Matthew) You eat a lot of meat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) We're very used to meat.\NLet's say we have meat almos every day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The economy collapsed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the people can't afford\Nto eat meat anymore.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm one of the people \Nin the butchery business
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who hasn't had sheep in a month.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) Really?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) It used to be \NTuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sell three to four lambs every week.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we started bringing two, then one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I stopped bringing it altogether.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too expensive\Nand doesn't sell enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Anxiety about money \Nhas never been higher,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}meaning for many Lebanese,\Nmeat is now only for special occasions.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Like today,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}when Muslims are preparing\Nto celebrate Eid al-Adha,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the feast of the sacrifice.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Praised be to Allah, \Nwho allowed butchering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allah is the greatest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Traditionally, \Nthat sacrifice is a sheep,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}butchered based on Islamic law\Nto be halal.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For outside the butcher shop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these guys try to make a run for it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, unluckily for them, they were caught.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) You slaughter it like that\Nto make it [permissible,] right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) It's all [permissible.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "In the name of Allah,"\Nto express the good intentions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the person making the sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) Is it still alive?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Five minutes. OK.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) I'm going to become vegetarian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maher) Yes, the sight of blood...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's normal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) But it's a good thing\Nthat one eats meat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing where it comes from.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the filet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Families like the Rida, \Nwho can still afford a lamb for the holiday,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}are paying double\Nwhat they did for sheep last year.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hello.\N- Hi, how are you?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Now it's all here.\N- All of it is in the bags.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will distribute all of these now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family that butchered the sheep\Ntakes a ration.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some for their relatives\Nand the rest for the poor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) So you've changed \Nthe way you cook
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the economic situation?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tharwat) Sure.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started eating more vegetables,\Nwhich is healthier.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We saw this lamb this morning.\N- Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was moving.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it was alive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yummy. It's delicious.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How's your Eid this year?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no Eid this year.\NWe haven't felt it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why?\N- I mean,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- because of the situation.\N- There's no happiness or joy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}A 100% increase \Nin the poverty rate{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}means life is changed for most in Beirut.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Antoine) Hello.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Even for Antoine El Hajj,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}a celebrity chef who's hosted his own \Ndaily cooking show{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}for the last 30 years.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Antoine) We'll first be cooking\Ncowpeas curry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're cooking this dish\Nfor the first time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're all used to chicken curry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're not used to cowpeas curry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) How much have Lebanese kitchen\Nchanged since the coronavirus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the economic crisis?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the beginning of the coronavirus,\Nit's changed a lot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lebanese people like meat, \Nincluding myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really liked meat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's been more than four months now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've eaten kibbeh\N(minced meat-stuffed dough) only once.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's impossible for me-- after hosting\Na daily TV show for 30 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which everyone watches.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people now can't afford\Nan ounce of meat,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I come and work with a kilo of meat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just doesn't make sense.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary, I want to be helping out\Nwith the crisis we're facing here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we're using recipes \Nthat are good and appropriate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time affordable.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we made green pea curry, \Nma'amoul with walnut,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ma'amoul with dates.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's show has ended.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll see you in future episodes,\Nalways on Télé Liban. Goodbye.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Lebanon's dire situation\Ngot even worse in August{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}when a massive explosion in Beirut\Nkilled more than 190 people,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}caused billions of dollars\Nin property damage,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and destroyed the country's largest port.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Lebanon had depended on that port\Nto bring an 80% of its food.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}That reliance on imported food \Nhad already driven some people{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to find solutions\Nbeyond just switching their diets.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going like, I think more than\N100 types of foods
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as trees, avocados, mangoes--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Matthew) {\i1}Karim El Hassan \Nwas a cafe owner in Beirut{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}before closing up his shop\Nand returning to his hometown.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Karim) My decision to come back \Nwas merely just for security.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that really futile to try to seek \Na flow of income,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can use that \Nand come and spend it on food,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I can actually just grow my own.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's my lab, that's a sample\Nof the things we process in stock.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I plant cucumbers and [inaudible], \Nsome herbs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe\Na lot of people are content.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not satisfied \Nand they want to continue
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affording meat and chicken \Nalmost on a daily basis,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is so unhealthy and it's abnormal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The system is setting us up for failure
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're stretching it out \Nas much as possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're milking us to the last penny.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really fear for the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think we have\Na bright future coming.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have a choice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either you sit and you fight,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just migrate, leave.