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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.18,0:00:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Mahmoud Aghiorly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.77,0:00:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am a volunteer translator with TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.94,0:00:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am from Syria,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.28,0:00:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am from a city called Aleppo,\Nlocated in the north.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.19,0:00:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This city is an ancient city, actually --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.98,0:00:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's been there for 3,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.79,0:00:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, within four years,\Neverything just vanished.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.35,0:00:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of my places, memories\Nand buildings that I love
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.56,0:00:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.83,0:00:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just burned down,\Nor bombed, just ruined.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.60,0:00:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These places are not there right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.93,0:00:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will tell Adam so many stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.57,0:00:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually, it's very difficult for us\Nthat he can't live them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.39,0:00:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it touched me in my heart, actually,\Nas a woman and as a mother ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.44,0:00:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my baby will not have\Nthe ability to visit ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.73,0:01:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his father's place or his mother's place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.72,0:01:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.12,0:01:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me and my brother are both civil engineers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.25,0:01:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were dreaming of having\Nan engineering consultant office there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.11,0:01:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the location\Nof the proposed engineering office
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.50,0:01:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in a heated area,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.93,0:01:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was also mostly destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.82,0:01:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think even your imagined future
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.83,0:01:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is destroyed or burned down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.28,0:01:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent around five years in Kuwait,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.70,0:01:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I emigrated\Nto Australia here by 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.31,0:01:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came here on November 2nd, last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.07,0:01:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything was dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.31,0:01:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the sun rose, it was a new life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.09,0:01:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything seems beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.94,0:01:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is green, so many flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nour AlHaj Yehia: We want Adam to live\Nin a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.21,0:01:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want him to have a great life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.27,0:01:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that he was the main reason
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.10,0:02:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we took that emigration decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.81,0:02:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not an easy decision to take.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.77,0:02:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving to another country
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.81,0:02:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is totally different\Nthan what we're used to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.56,0:02:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not that easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.29,0:02:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so happy right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.66,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know that we did the right thing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.02,0:02:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us, and for Adam as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.92,0:02:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahmoud Aghiorly: Starting from\NFebruary, till August,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.56,0:02:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was searching every day\Nand sending around 10 or 12 CVs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.23,0:02:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, the main advice\Nwas to change my name,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.84,0:02:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because "Mahmoud" sounds so traditional.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.17,0:02:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second advice
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.51,0:02:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that they asked me\Nto hide my place of birth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.92,0:02:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the origin of my certificate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.99,0:02:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told me, "Don't mention\Nanything about Syria."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.59,0:02:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't choose the country\Nthat I was born in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.20,0:02:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't choose my name.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.61,0:02:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people are judging me\Nwith things that I didn't choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.64,0:02:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I choose how I'm going to deal\Nwith the problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.42,0:02:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And having a proper channel of new ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.14,0:03:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something very essential\Nfor people who are coming from war zones
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.10,0:03:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people who are coming\Nfrom a lost past.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.40,0:03:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TED will provide you with\Nthe proper channel of so many ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.99,0:03:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from so many people around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.85,0:03:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can just directly relate to someone\Nfaced with the same problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.68,0:03:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly relate to someone\Nwho just emigrated to another country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.82,0:03:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can directly relate to someone\Nstarting a new family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.88,0:03:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone facing problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.37,0:03:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahmoud has a great power\Nof loving and giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.87,0:03:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think volunteering --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.17,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Baby cries)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.58,0:03:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a way of loving and giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.97,0:03:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Translating from a language\Nto another language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a great power.