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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.94,0:00:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when I first found out
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.87,0:00:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to speak at a TED conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.93,0:00:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ran across the hall\Nto one of my classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.06,0:00:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inform my students.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.52,0:00:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Guess what, guys?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.79,0:00:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been asked to give a TED Talk."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.89,0:00:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reaction wasn't one I quite expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.95,0:00:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole room went silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.13,0:00:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A TED Talk? You mean, like the one\Nyou made us watch on grit?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.12,0:00:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the one with the scientist that did\Nthis really awesome thing with robots?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.84,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muhammad asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.03,0:00:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, just like that."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.14,0:00:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But Coach, those people\Nare really important and smart."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.10,0:00:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.20,0:00:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know that."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.79,0:00:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But Coach, why are you speaking?\NYou hate public speaking."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.07,0:00:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I do," I admitted,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.33,0:00:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But it's important that I speak about us,\Nthat I speak about your journeys,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.96,0:00:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.14,0:00:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People need to know."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.10,0:00:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The students at the all-refugee\Nschool that I founded
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.84,0:00:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided to end with some\Nwords of encouragement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.25,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cool! It better be good, Coach."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.09,0:00:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.82,0:01:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are 65.3 million people\Nwho have been forcibly displaced
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.40,0:01:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their homes because\Nof war or persecution.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.04,0:01:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The largest number,\N11 million, are from Syria.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.96,0:01:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,33,952 people flee their homes daily.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.85,0:01:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vast majority remain in refugee camps,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.07,0:01:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose conditions cannot be defined\Nas humane under anyone's definition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.69,0:01:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are participating\Nin the degradation of humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.75,0:01:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never have we had numbers this high.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.56,0:01:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the highest number\Nof refugees since World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.42,0:01:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let me tell you why this issue\Nis so important to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.14,0:01:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an Arab. I am an immigrant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.02,0:01:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a Muslim.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.01,0:01:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also spent the last 12 years\Nof my life working with refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.80,0:01:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh -- and I'm also gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.27,0:01:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes me really popular these days.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.19,0:01:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.11,0:01:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I am the daughter of a refugee.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.06,0:02:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandmother fled Syria in 1964\Nduring the first Assad regime.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.58,0:02:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was three months pregnant\Nwhen she packed up a suitcase,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.05,0:02:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,piled in her five children\Nand drove to neighboring Jordan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.17,0:02:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not knowing what the future held\Nfor her and her family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.20,0:02:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandfather decided to stay,\Nnot believing it was that bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.56,0:02:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He followed her a month later,\Nafter his brothers were tortured
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.06,0:02:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his factory was taken over\Nby the government.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.04,0:02:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They rebuilt their lives\Nstarting from scratch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.26,0:02:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually became independently\Nwealthy Jordanian citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.97,0:02:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in Jordan 11 years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.43,0:02:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really important to my grandmother\Nfor us to know our history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.76,0:02:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.88,0:02:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was eight years old when she took me\Nto visit my first refugee camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.52,0:02:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't understand why.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.64,0:02:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know why\Nit was so important to her
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.79,0:02:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.26,0:02:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember walking into the camp\Nholding her hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.23,0:02:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her saying, "Go play with the kids,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.22,0:02:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while she visited\Nwith the women in the camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.61,0:02:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want to.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.84,0:03:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These kids weren't like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.28,0:03:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were poor. They lived in a camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.08,0:03:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I refused.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.45,0:03:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She knelt down beside me\Nand firmly said, "Go.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.44,0:03:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't come back until you've played.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.62,0:03:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't ever think people are beneath you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.68,0:03:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that you have nothing\Nto learn from others."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.52,0:03:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I reluctantly went.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.99,0:03:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never wanted to disappoint\Nmy grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.48,0:03:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I returned a few hours later,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having spent some time playing soccer\Nwith the kids in the camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.04,0:03:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked out of the camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.34,0:03:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was excitedly telling her\Nwhat a great time I had
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.06,0:03:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how fantastic the kids were.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.18,0:03:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Haram!" I said in Arabic. "Poor them."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.65,0:03:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Haram on us," she said,\Nusing the word's different meaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.76,0:03:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were sinning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.00,0:03:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't feel sorry for them;\Nbelieve in them."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.35,0:03:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I left my country\Nof origin for the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.79,0:03:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I realized the impact of her words.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.19,0:03:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After my college graduation, I applied for\Nand was granted political asylum,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.88,0:03:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on being a member of a social group.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.71,0:04:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people may not realize this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.42,0:04:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can still get the death penalty\Nin some countries for being gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.08,0:04:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to give up my Jordanian citizenship.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.14,0:04:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the hardest decision\NI've ever had to make,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.62,0:04:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I had no other choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.39,0:04:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.51,0:04:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you find yourself choosing\Nbetween home and survival,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.61,0:04:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question "Where are you from?"\Nbecomes very loaded.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.77,0:04:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Syrian woman who I recently met\Nat a refugee camp in Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.06,0:04:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,articulated it best,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.36,0:04:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she recalled the exact moment\Nshe realized she had to flee Aleppo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.28,0:04:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I looked out the window\Nand there was nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.56,0:04:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all rubble.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.59,0:04:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no stores, no streets,\Nno schools. Everything was gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.01,0:04:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had been in my apartment for months,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.08,0:04:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to bombs drop\Nand watching people die.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.77,0:04:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I always thought it would get better,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.03,0:04:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no one could force me to leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.13,0:04:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one could take my home away from me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.80,0:05:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know why it was that morning,\Nbut when I looked outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.09,0:05:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized if I didn't leave,\Nmy three young children would die.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.25,0:05:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we left.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.67,0:05:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We left because we had to,\Nnot because we wanted to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.69,0:05:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no choice," she said.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.98,0:05:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of hard to believe\Nthat you belong
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.28,0:05:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you don't have a home,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.77,0:05:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when your country of origin rejects you\Nbecause of fear or persecution,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.80,0:05:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the city that you grew up in\Nis completely destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.80,0:05:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't feel like I had a home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.86,0:05:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was no longer a Jordanian citizen,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.34,0:05:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wasn't American, either.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.64,0:05:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt a kind of loneliness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.40,0:05:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is still hard\Nto put into words today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.78,0:05:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After college, I desperately needed\Nto find a place to call home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.55,0:05:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bounced around from state to state
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.29,0:05:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually ended up in North Carolina.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.74,0:05:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindhearted people who felt sorry for me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.41,0:05:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offered to pay rent
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.40,0:05:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or buy me a meal or a suit\Nfor my new interview.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.74,0:05:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just made me feel\Nmore isolated and incapable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.48,0:05:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I met Miss Sarah,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.32,0:06:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Southern Baptist who took me in\Nat my lowest and gave me a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.08,0:06:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I started to believe in myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.70,0:06:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Sarah owned a diner\Nin the mountains of North Carolina.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.86,0:06:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I assumed, because\Nof my privileged upbringing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.05,0:06:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my Seven Sister education,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.59,0:06:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she would ask me\Nto manage the restaurant.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.82,0:06:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.97,0:06:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started off washing dishes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.70,0:06:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleaning toilets and working the grill.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.25,0:06:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was humbled; I was shown\Nthe value of hard work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.36,0:06:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most importantly,\NI felt valued and embraced.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.92,0:06:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I celebrated Christmas with her family,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.83,0:06:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she attempted to observe\NRamadan with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.24,0:06:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember being very nervous\Nabout coming out to her --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.93,0:06:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after all, she was a Southern Baptist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.100,0:06:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat on the couch next to her
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.48,0:06:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Miss Sarah,\Nyou know that I'm gay."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.04,0:06:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her response is one\Nthat I will never forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.72,0:06:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's fine, honey.\NJust don't be a slut."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.94,0:06:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.13,0:06:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.83,0:06:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I eventually moved to Atlanta,\Nstill trying to find my home.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.26,0:07:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My journey took a strange turn\Nthree years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.66,0:07:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after I met a group of refugee kids\Nplaying soccer outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.32,0:07:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd made a wrong turn\Ninto this apartment complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.88,0:07:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw these kids\Noutside playing soccer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.50,0:07:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were playing barefoot\Nwith a raggedy soccer ball
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.08,0:07:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rocks set up as goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.56,0:07:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched them for about an hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.28,0:07:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after that I was smiling.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.30,0:07:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boys reminded me of home.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.37,0:07:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They reminded me of the way\NI grew up playing soccer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.87,0:07:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the streets of Jordan,\Nwith my brothers and cousins.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.79,0:07:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I eventually joined their game.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.82,0:07:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were a little skeptical\Nabout letting me join it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.68,0:07:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because according to them,\Ngirls don't know how to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.37,0:07:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But obviously I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.74,0:07:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked them if they had\Never played on a team.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.01,0:07:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said they hadn't,\Nbut that they would love to.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.93,0:07:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gradually won them over,\Nand we formed our first team.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.85,0:07:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This group of kids would give me\Na crash course in refugees, poverty
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.100,0:07:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.38,0:07:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three brothers from Afghanistan --\NRoohullah, Noorullah and Zabiullah --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.95,0:07:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,played a major role in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.38,0:08:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I showed up late to practice one day\Nto find the field completely deserted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.97,0:08:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.18,0:08:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My team loved to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.81,0:08:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't like them to miss practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.44,0:08:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got out of my car, and two kids\Nran out from behind a dumpster,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.56,0:08:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waving their hands frantically.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.10,0:08:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Coach, Rooh got beat up. He got jumped.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.17,0:08:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was blood everywhere."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.77,0:08:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you mean?\NWhat do you mean he got beat up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.25,0:08:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"These bad kids came\Nand beat him up, Coach.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.34,0:08:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody left. They were all scared."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.59,0:08:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hopped into my car\Nand drove over to Rooh's apartment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.34,0:08:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knocked on the door, and Noor opened it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.59,0:08:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where's Rooh? I need\Nto talk to him, see if he's OK."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.36,0:08:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He's in his room, Coach.\NHe's refusing to come out."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.32,0:08:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knocked on the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.52,0:08:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rooh, come on out. I need to talk to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.97,0:08:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to see if you're OK\Nor if we need to go to the hospital."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.04,0:08:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.22,0:08:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had a big gash on his head,\Na split lip,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.02,0:08:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was physically shaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.51,0:08:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was looking at him,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.87,0:08:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked the boys\Nto call for their mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.45,0:08:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I needed to go\Nto the hospital with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.89,0:08:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They called for their mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.61,0:08:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came out.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.24,0:09:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my back turned to her,\Nand she started screaming in Farsi.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.58,0:09:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boys fell to the ground laughing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.68,0:09:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very confused,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.85,0:09:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there was nothing\Nfunny about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.39,0:09:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They explained to me that she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.41,0:09:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You told me your coach\Nwas a Muslim and a woman."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.25,0:09:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From behind, I didn't appear\Nto be either to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.64,0:09:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.30,0:09:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am Muslim," I said, turning to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.56,0:09:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ašhadu ʾan lā ʾilāha ʾilla (A)llāh,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.52,0:09:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reciting the Muslim declaration of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.59,0:09:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confused,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.21,0:09:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perhaps maybe a little bit reassured,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.22,0:09:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she realized that yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.40,0:09:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, this American-acting,\Nshorts-wearing, non-veiled woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.72,0:09:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was indeed a Muslim.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.17,0:09:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their family had fled the Taliban.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.69,0:09:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundreds of people in their village
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.42,0:09:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were murdered.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.68,0:09:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their father was taken in by the Taliban,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.92,0:09:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to return a few months later,\Na shell of the man he once was.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.74,0:09:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family escaped to Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.17,0:10:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the two older boys,\Nage eight and 10 at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.76,0:10:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wove rugs for 10 hours a day\Nto provide for their family.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.93,0:10:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were so excited when they found out\Nthat they had been approved
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.71,0:10:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to resettle in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.22,0:10:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making them the lucky 0.1 percent\Nwho get to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.50,0:10:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had hit the jackpot.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.93,0:10:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their story is not unique.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.08,0:10:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every refugee family I have worked with\Nhas had some version of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.02,0:10:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work with kids
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.21,0:10:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have seen their mothers raped,\Ntheir fathers' fingers sliced off.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.09,0:10:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One kid saw a bullet\Nput in his grandmother's head,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.07,0:10:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she refused to let the rebels\Ntake him to be a child soldier.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.94,0:10:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their journeys are haunting.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.94,0:10:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I get to see every day\Nis hope, resilience, determination,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.74,0:10:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a love of life
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.95,0:10:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and appreciation for being able\Nto rebuild their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.61,0:10:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at the boys' apartment one night,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.76,0:10:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the mom came home\Nafter cleaning 18 hotel rooms in one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.59,0:11:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sat down, and Noor rubbed her feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.68,0:11:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that he was going to take care\Nof her once he graduated.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.78,0:11:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She smiled from exhaustion.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.30,0:11:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"God is good. Life is good.\NWe are lucky to be here."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.00,0:11:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the last two years, we have seen\Nan escalating anti-refugee sentiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.22,0:11:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's global.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.58,0:11:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The numbers continue to grow\Nbecause we do nothing to prevent it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.85,0:11:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nothing to stop it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.57,0:11:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue shouldn't be stopping refugees\Nfrom coming into our countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.15,0:11:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue should be\Nnot forcing them to leave their own.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.16,0:11:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.51,0:11:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.86,0:11:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.92,0:12:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much more suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.47,0:12:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much more suffering must we take?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.26,0:12:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many more people need to be\Nforced out of their homes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.05,0:12:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we say, "Enough!"?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.46,0:12:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hundred million?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.12,0:12:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only do we shame,\Nblame and reject them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.24,0:12:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for atrocities that they had\Nabsolutely nothing to do with,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.01,0:12:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we re-traumatize them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.19,0:12:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're supposed to be welcoming\Nthem into our countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.29,0:12:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We strip them of their dignity\Nand treat them like criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.62,0:12:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a student in my office\Na couple of weeks ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.35,0:12:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's originally from Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.19,0:12:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She broke down crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.60,0:12:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why do they hate us?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.25,0:12:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who hates you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.44,0:12:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Everyone; everyone hates us\Nbecause we are refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.24,0:12:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are Muslim."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.02,0:12:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past, I was able\Nto reassure my students
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.38,0:12:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the majority of the world\Ndoes not hate refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.04,0:12:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time I couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.87,0:12:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't explain to her why someone\Ntried to rip off her mother's hijab
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.37,0:12:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were grocery shopping,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.18,0:12:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or why a player on an opposing\Nteam called her a terrorist
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.45,0:12:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told her to go back\Nwhere she came from.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.96,0:13:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't reassure her
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.74,0:13:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that her father's ultimate life sacrifice
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.10,0:13:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by serving in the United States\Nmilitary as an interpreter
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.25,0:13:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would make her more valued\Nas an American citizen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.05,0:13:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take in so few refugees worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.95,0:13:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We resettle less than 0.1 percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.78,0:13:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That 0.1 percent benefits us\Nmore than them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.80,0:13:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It dumbfounds me how the word "refugee"\Nis considered something to be dirty,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.61,0:13:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something to be ashamed of.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.24,0:13:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have nothing to be ashamed of.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.83,0:13:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seen advances\Nin every aspect of our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.57,0:13:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except our humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.52,0:13:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are 65.3 million people\Nwho have been forced out of their homes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.99,0:13:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of war --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.68,0:13:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest number in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.11,0:13:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the ones who should be ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.71,0:13:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.89,0:13:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)