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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.18,0:00:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Mahmoud Aghiorly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.77,0:00:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am a volunteer translator with TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.94,0:00:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am from Syria,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.28,0:00:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am from a city called Aleppo,\Nlocated in the north.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.19,0:00:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This city is an ancient city, actually --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.98,0:00:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's been there for 3,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.79,0:00:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, within four years,\Neverything just vanished.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.35,0:00:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of my places, memories\Nand buildings that I love
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.83,0:00:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just burned down,\Nor bombed, just ruined.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.60,0:00:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These places are not there right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.93,0:00:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will tell Adam so many stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.57,0:00:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually, it's very difficult for us\Nthat he can't live them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.39,0:00:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it touched me in my heart, actually,\Nas a woman and as a mother ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.44,0:00:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my baby will not have\Nthe ability to visit ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.73,0:01:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his father's place or his mother's place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.72,0:01:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.12,0:01:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me and my brother are both civil engineers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.25,0:01:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were dreaming of having\Nan engineering consultant office there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.11,0:01:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the location\Nof the proposed engineering office
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.50,0:01:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in a heated area,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.93,0:01:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was also mostly destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.82,0:01:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think even your imagined future
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.83,0:01:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is destroyed or burned down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.28,0:01:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent around five years in Kuwait,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.70,0:01:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I emigrated\Nto Australia here by 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.31,0:01:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came here on November 2nd, last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.07,0:01:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything was dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.31,0:01:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the sun rose, it was a new life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.09,0:01:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything seems beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.94,0:01:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is green, so many flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.46,0:01:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nour AlHaj Yehia: We want Adam to live\Nin a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.21,0:01:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want him to have a great life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.27,0:02:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that he was the main reason
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.10,0:02:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we took that emigration decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.81,0:02:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not an easy decision to take.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.77,0:02:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving to another country
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.81,0:02:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is totally different\Nthan what we're used to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.56,0:02:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not that easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.29,0:02:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so happy right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.66,0:02:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know that we did the right thing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.02,0:02:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us, and for Adam as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.92,0:02:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahmoud Aghiorly: Starting from\NFebruary, till August,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.56,0:02:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was searching every day\Nand sending around 10 or 12 CVs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.23,0:02:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, the main advice\Nwas to change my name,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.84,0:02:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because "Mahmoud" sounds so traditional.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.17,0:02:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second advice
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.51,0:02:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that they asked me\Nto hide my place of birth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.92,0:02:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the origin of my certificate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.99,0:02:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told me, "Don't mention\Nanything about Syria."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.59,0:02:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't choose the country\Nthat I was born in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.20,0:02:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't choose my name.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.61,0:02:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people are judging me\Nwith things that I didn't choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.64,0:02:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I choose how I'm going to deal\Nwith the problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.42,0:02:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And having a proper channel of new ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.14,0:03:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something very essential\Nfor people who are coming from war zones
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.10,0:03:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people who are coming\Nfrom a lost past.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.40,0:03:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TED will provide you with\Nthe proper channel of so many ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.99,0:03:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from so many people around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.85,0:03:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can just directly relate to someone\Nfaced with the same problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.68,0:03:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly relate to someone\Nwho just emigrated to another country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.82,0:03:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can directly relate to someone\Nstarting a new family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.88,0:03:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone facing problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.37,0:03:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahmoud has a great power\Nof loving and giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.87,0:03:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think volunteering --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.17,0:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Baby cries)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.58,0:03:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a way of loving and giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.97,0:03:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Translating from a language\Nto another language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.44,0:03:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a great power.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.36,0:03:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahmoud Aghiorly\NArabic TED Translator
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.01,0:03:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since 2009\N474 translations