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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.76,0:00:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mediterranean\Nis a pair of chapped lips,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.51,0:00:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose top lip speaks in Latin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.27,0:00:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose bottom lip speaks in Arabic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.51,0:00:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when it tries to swallow,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.27,0:00:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it closes its lips,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.25,0:00:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it hurts and it stings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.77,0:00:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It suffers because\Nthere are all these borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.24,0:00:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,barbed wire, sentries and checkpoints
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.46,0:00:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the Mediterranean,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.50,0:00:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which prevent it from speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.52,0:00:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2011, I was in Marseille\Nat the time of the Arab Springs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.75,0:00:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it felt like there were\Nfree individuals there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.76,0:00:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were speaking out again,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.76,0:00:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were refusing to be taken away\Nin these barbed wire sacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.24,0:00:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were taking back their right to exist\Nand to say what they wanted to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that moment, I thought\Nthat the right thing to do
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.21,0:01:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to go and listen to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.98,0:01:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.51,0:01:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to no longer view the Mediterranean\Nas a group of Nation States
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.26,0:01:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that do not talk to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.26,0:01:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a community of inhabitants\Nthat don't know each other very well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.77,0:01:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to go listen to them\Nand create a giant library,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.76,0:01:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a communal database, copyright free,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.52,0:01:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a library of true stories\Nfrom the inhabitants of the Mediterranean,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.51,0:01:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every Mediterranean language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.27,0:01:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013, I proposed this in Marseille,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.24,0:01:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was then Cultural Capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.52,0:01:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, from December 2011,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.76,0:01:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I embarked on my little speaking tour.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.97,0:01:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started in Barcelona,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.76,0:01:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't too sure how to do it at first,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.95,0:01:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I went to see people on benches,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.36,0:01:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and little by little,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.76,0:01:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we came up with a number\Nof options to collect these stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.50,0:02:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can collect true stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.76,0:02:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just by being face-to-face\Nwith someone you've met.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.26,0:02:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's possible to do this together here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.25,0:02:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll all come up and tell a true story.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.76,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can have candlelight vigils,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can make discussion tables, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.61,0:02:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many ways to collect them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.67,0:02:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many ways\Nto reproduce these stories, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.49,0:02:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the arts obviously\Ncan retell these stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.26,0:02:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I began like this in Spain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.76,0:02:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next I was in Morocco in January of 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.74,0:02:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then in Algeria,\Nand there, the project took off
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.67,0:02:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there was a huge amount\Nof Algerian stories that came in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.08,0:02:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in text-form on the website,\Nwhich gathered them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.71,0:02:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I met tons of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.51,0:02:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there, the collection really got going\Nin February 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.52,0:02:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I was in Tunisia,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.27,0:02:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there as well,\Nthere were really amazing meetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.78,0:02:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following that, I wasn't able to go\Nto Libya with what was going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.51,0:02:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I went to Egypt.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.96,0:03:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I arrived in Lebanon\Nand continued to collect stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.26,0:03:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in Beirut a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.77,0:03:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point, I was invited to Hammana,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.75,0:03:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a little town\Non the uplands of Mount Lebanon,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.99,0:03:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little town with a Christian majority,\Nabout 45 minutes from Beirut.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.23,0:03:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I arrived there\Nand the people were waiting for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.25,0:03:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone was in the library,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.15,0:03:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like a candlelight vigil,\Nbut in the middle of all these books.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.50,0:03:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, we all took turns speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.76,0:03:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told a story,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.26,0:03:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people, the eldest, the youngest,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.77,0:03:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in French, in Arabic,\Ntold their stories to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.93,0:03:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They chose - and this is what\NI asked the people each time -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.24,0:03:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the story of their lives,\Nfrom birth up until now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.75,0:03:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What would be the story\Nthat you want to share
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.26,0:03:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rest of the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.74,0:03:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would be the incredible anecdote\Nyou have in your heart, that's dear to you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.25,0:03:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you want to pool\Nin a large library?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.48,0:03:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with that, I had tons of stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.53,0:04:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we met for drinks at the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.53,0:04:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a woman named\NSamira Fakhoury who was the library head,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.98,0:04:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who said to me, "There is one story\Nthat I haven't told."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.22,0:04:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes place in 1976.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.75,0:04:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first year\Nof the Lebanese civil war,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.26,0:04:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was also the year when the Syrian army\Ncame to occupy Lebanon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.46,0:04:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially in Hammana,\Nthey set up channels
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.51,0:04:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bombard Beirut,\Nand waited for the counterattack.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.27,0:04:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Samira and her husband saw this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.49,0:04:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they decided to get the children to safety
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.78,0:04:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Beqaa Valley, next to Zahlé,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.25,0:04:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they stayed in Hammana
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.76,0:04:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take care of the family houses\Nso that they wouldn't be pillaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.78,0:04:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there were three homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.51,0:04:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they stayed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.77,0:04:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had a grandmother\Nin one of the other houses,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.50,0:04:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other was \Nrequisitioned by Syrian officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.27,0:04:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they lived in one of their houses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.50,0:04:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.51,0:05:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the Spring, like every year,\NSamira and her husband argue.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.75,0:05:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they always argue over the same thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.50,0:05:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the poplars.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.74,0:05:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have four poplars\Nthat are next to the garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.64,0:05:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know if you've seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.21,0:05:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the poplars make\Nlittle cotton balls, buds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.26,0:05:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those balls get all over the gardens,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.77,0:05:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every Spring, it's the same thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.19,0:05:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samira's husband tells her,\N"This is the last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.52,0:05:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'khalass', those poplars,\NI'm going to get rid of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.19,0:05:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to chop down the poplars."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.02,0:05:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Samira tells him,\N"But you don't want to do that!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.59,0:05:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to live with the trees,\Nthey give us shade in the summer."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.87,0:05:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that moment, there's\Na Syrian officer who's passing by
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.98,0:05:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hears this and it's the first time\Nhe's heard them argue.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.32,0:05:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, \N"Is there a problem, Mrs.Fakhouri?"\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.11,0:05:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is so upset after her husband,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.02,0:05:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe it's the tension linked\Nto the occupation and the war as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.07,0:05:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She looks at the officer like this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.01,0:05:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "It's my husband,\Nhe's going to divorce me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.92,0:06:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's it. He wants to divorce me."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.93,0:06:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Syrian officer there and hears this,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.78,0:06:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't know what he has,\Nbut it just so happens that he's moved,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.77,0:06:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe it's been months\Nsince he's seen his wife too,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.76,0:06:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.76,0:06:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But why? He can't do that...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.77,0:06:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can't make this decision.\NHe has to reflect on it longer!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.25,0:06:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mariage is sacred!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.53,0:06:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can't divorce you like that,\NMrs.Fakhouri.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.24,0:06:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are a very good wife, etc."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.50,0:06:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samira says to him,\N"He wants to divorce me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.28,0:06:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mister Syrian Officer,\NI'll tell you why."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.24,0:06:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Syrian officer says, "No,\NI don't want to know anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.24,0:06:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, it's your personal history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.100,0:06:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's your private life,\NI don't want to know anything."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.02,0:06:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says to him, "Yeah, yeah, yeah,\NI want to tell you why.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.04,0:06:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see these poplars,\NMister Syrian Officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.50,0:06:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see these four poplars,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.29,0:06:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well they make those little cotton balls.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.25,0:07:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fall and get all over his garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.11,0:07:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was to cut down the poplars,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.66,0:07:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't want him to,\Nso he's going to divorce me."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.50,0:07:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Syrian officer looks at her\Nlike this, and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.02,0:07:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's your problem, Mrs.Fakhouri?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.26,0:07:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's your problem?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.48,0:07:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he goes back and calls his soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.49,0:07:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He calls them like animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.95,0:07:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, " 'Hayawan'! Come my soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.77,0:07:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gather around Mrs.Fakhouri's garden."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.75,0:07:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the soldiers gather.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.25,0:07:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The officer says, "You see these\Nfour poplars?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.75,0:07:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soldiers, "Yes,\Nwe see the four poplars."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.52,0:07:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.21,0:07:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to pick\Nall the buds from the poplars."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.75,0:07:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Samira says to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.50,0:07:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I saw the Syrian army, climbing\Nthree-by-three up into my poplars -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.27,0:07:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to take a photo,\Nbut I didn't dare -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.75,0:08:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and delicately pick\Nthe buds from these poplars,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.26,0:08:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then climb down and put them in bags.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.26,0:08:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, "Now,\Nthis Syrian officer has a heart!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.76,0:08:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was scared for my marriage."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.48,0:08:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She tells me this, and with that,\Nthe evening was over.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.02,0:08:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I continue my trek.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.98,0:08:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Turkey next,\Na lot of time in Izmir.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.49,0:08:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Greece, in Athens.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.74,0:08:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Sicily, I only did Sicily in Italy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.27,0:08:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I finished with Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.50,0:08:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I spent bit of time\Nin Tel-Aviv, in the Kibbutz,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.75,0:08:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Haifa, in Nazareth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.52,0:08:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then in Palestine,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.82,0:08:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I started in Hebron,\Nwhich was a real shock,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.77,0:08:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then Ramallah,\Nthen Nablus, then Bethlehem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.53,0:08:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I spent some time writing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.24,0:08:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all these stories\Nthat had been collected,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.76,0:08:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in two different forms:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.26,0:09:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stories, to redistribute them,\Nto retell them to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.52,0:09:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In book form, "The Moon in the Well"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.99,0:09:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the collection of true stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.49,0:09:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I give the example,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.51,0:09:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what I would like\Nus all to try together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.74,0:09:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each time we tell each other\Na true story,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.26,0:09:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you've done it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.94,0:09:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I told you this story\Nabout the poplars in bloom,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.25,0:09:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we'll end by reflecting\Non ourselves in the mirror,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.02,0:09:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our own true stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.51,0:09:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in this book,\N"The Moon in the Well",
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.96,0:09:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am also telling my own true stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.52,0:09:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from birth up until now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.74,0:09:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.25,0:09:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made sound creations for ARTE Radio,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.76,0:09:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then a few months ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.26,0:09:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a group of people\Nwho all have different competences,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.26,0:09:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we created an association that is called\NThe Mediterranean's True Story,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.25,0:09:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I initiated that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.99,0:09:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so far, there are 1,500 true stories
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.02,0:09:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are in this library,\Nin this database,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.77,0:10:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the idea is to have thousands and\Nthousands of them, and to move forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.66,0:10:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we will send\Nauthors, artists of all kinds,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.49,0:10:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,researchers to the four\Ncorners of the Mediterranean,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.77,0:10:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can get closer\Nto the inhabitants in their homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.13,0:10:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to listen to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.19,0:10:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is what is really\Nnecessary today.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.77,0:10:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It starts from the individual.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.98,0:10:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the Mediterranean\Nis a good scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.76,0:10:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the moment we don't consider it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.24,0:10:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Nation-State level,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.51,0:10:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or consider it apart from,\Nor beyond its borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.49,0:10:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's on the individual level
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.53,0:10:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it seems like\Nwe can rebuild something,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.23,0:10:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's why it's very important to me\Nto make this gesture,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.03,0:10:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go and listen to people,\Nwhoever they may be,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.77,0:10:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to initiate this conversation, these\Nnarratives, these true stories together,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.75,0:10:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then perhaps, the Mediterranean\Ncan finally be made.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.78,0:10:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)