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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.81,0:00:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a tourism entrepreneur\Nand a peacebuilder,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.97,0:00:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is not how I started.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.82,0:00:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was seven years old,\NI remember watching television
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.89,0:00:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seeing people throwing rocks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.47,0:00:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking, this must be\Na fun thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.86,0:00:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I got out to the street\Nand threw rocks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.20,0:00:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not realizing I was supposed\Nto throw rocks at Israeli cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.68,0:00:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, I ended up stoning\Nmy neighbors' cars. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.91,0:00:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were not enthusiastic\Nabout my patriotism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.81,0:00:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my picture with my brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.90,0:00:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is me, the little one,\Nand I know what you're thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.74,0:00:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You used to look cute,\Nwhat the heck happened to you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.68,0:00:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my brother, who is older than me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.63,0:00:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was arrested when he was 18,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.04,0:00:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken to prison on charges\Nof throwing stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.99,0:00:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was beaten up when he refused\Nto confess that he threw stones,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.57,0:00:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a result, had internal injuries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.17,0:00:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that caused his death soon after\Nhe was released from prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.81,0:01:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was angry, I was bitter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.46,0:01:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all I wanted was revenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.15,0:01:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that changed when I was 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.66,0:01:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I needed\NHebrew to get a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.10,0:01:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going to study Hebrew\Nin that classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.60,0:01:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the first time I ever met Jews\Nwho were not soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.04,0:01:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we connected over really small things,\Nlike the fact that I love country music,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.92,0:01:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is really strange\Nfor Palestinians.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.65,0:01:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was then that I realized also\Nthat we have a wall of anger,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.31,0:01:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hatred and of ignorance\Nthat separates us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.92,0:01:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that it doesn't matter\Nwhat happens to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.42,0:01:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What really matters is how I deal with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.11,0:01:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore, I decided\Nto dedicate my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bringing down the walls\Nthat separate people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.84,0:01:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do so through many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.86,0:01:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tourism is one of them,\Nbut also media and education,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.96,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you might be wondering,\Nreally, can tourism change things?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.66,0:02:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can it bring down walls? Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.37,0:02:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tourism is the best sustainable way\Nto bring down those walls
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.09,0:02:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to create a sustainable way\Nof connecting with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.47,0:02:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating friendships.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.03,0:02:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2009, I cofounded Mejdi Tours,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.81,0:02:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a social enterprise that\Naims to connect people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.27,0:02:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with two Jewish friends, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.73,0:02:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what we'll do, the model we did,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.03,0:02:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, in Jerusalem,\Nwe would have two tour guides,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.54,0:02:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one Israeli and one Palestinian,\Nguiding the trips together,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.100,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling history and narrative\Nand archaeology and conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.20,0:02:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from totally different perspectives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.17,0:02:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember running a trip together\Nwith a friend named Kobi --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.53,0:02:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jewish congregation from Chicago,\Nthe trip was in Jerusalem --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.56,0:02:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we took them to a refugee camp,\Na Palestinian refugee camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.72,0:02:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there we had this amazing food.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.82,0:02:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, this is my mother. She's cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.70,0:02:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the Palestinian\Nfood called maqluba.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.25,0:02:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means "upside-down."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.57,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cook it with rice and chicken,\Nand you flip it upside-down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.80,0:03:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the best meal ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.44,0:03:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll eat together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.74,0:03:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we had a joint band,\NIsraeli and Palestinian musicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.55,0:03:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we did some belly-dancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.40,0:03:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't know any,\NI'll teach you later.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.80,0:03:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we left, both sides,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.91,0:03:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were crying because\Nthey did not want to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.48,0:03:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three years later, those\Nrelationships still exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.11,0:03:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine with me\Nif the one billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.92,0:03:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who travel internationally \Nevery year travel like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.72,0:03:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not being taken in the bus\Nfrom one side to another,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.70,0:03:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from one hotel to another,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.02,0:03:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking pictures from the windows\Nof their buses of people and cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.99,0:03:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually connecting with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.17,0:03:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I remember having\Na Muslim group from the U.K.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.09,0:03:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to the house\Nof an Orthodox Jewish family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.88,0:03:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having their first Friday night\Ndinners, that Sabbath dinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.27,0:03:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eating together hamin,\Nwhich is a Jewish food, a stew,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.84,0:03:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just having the connection\Nof realizing, after a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.72,0:04:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a hundred years ago,\Ntheir families came out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.69,0:04:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the same place in Northern Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.77,0:04:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a photo profile\Nfor your Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.85,0:04:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not disaster tourism.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.68,0:04:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the future of travel,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.05,0:04:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I invite you to join me to do that,\Nto change your travel.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.11,0:04:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're doing it all over the world now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.06,0:04:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Ireland to Iran to Turkey,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.50,0:04:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see ourselves going\Neverywhere to change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.50,0:04:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.73,0:04:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)