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- Yes!
- Hi sir!

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Did you think about it?
Would you open the door?

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You were here just a half an hour ago!

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For the girls' sake, we might be helpful.

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As I already told you,
how would reading be good for her?

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She's staying at home

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washing dishes, cooking and helping her mother.

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Sooner or later she'll get married
and a burden is off my shoulders.

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Fadi!

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Whenever you talk to me,
you upset me!

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Why?

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"Yeah", "go away", goodbye",
I feel like I'm a beggar.

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No. I told you...
It's necessary for...

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To experience the worst household you might encounter.

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You'll be dealing with people...

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You'll be dealing with parents,
the girls' parents.

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Okay, that's what I'm saying.

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You'll meet very nice people...

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At the same time,
you'll meet rude people.

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Sometimes one parent agrees
while the other refuses.

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Tamara!

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Tamara!

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Shall I open the door for you?

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Fadi, can you get us some food from the market?

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- Yes, sure.
- Okay?

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Will anyone interview me?

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Should I tell her my story?

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- Or what exactly?
- Yes, your story.

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Once you are ready, tell us who Asmaa is.

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Today, I want to tell you the story of a girl...

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She's about your age now,
11 years old.

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This girl lived in a village.

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When you say village, it's like paradise.

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It's very green and full of flowers.

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When a girl turns 14 in this village,
it means it's time to get married.

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This girl didn’t have this idea in mind.

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Especially because she was very shy
and even withdrawn.

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She asked for only one thing,
and they listened.

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"Can I keep going to school?"
They accepted.

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After a month of marriage,
she thought that one month was enough.

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I should go back to school.

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She told her husband that it was time to go back to school.

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Every day he answered with "okay, we'll see".
She was counting every passing day.

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She found out that her family had decided
not to send her back to school.

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She said, "why didn't you tell
me this in the first place?"

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"I don't want marriage, only school."

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Then she felt like it was over for her.

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She couldn’t make decisions of her own.

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Maya, come on let's go get the girl’s
signatures before Dad comes home.

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Listen, let me call him.

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I don't want him to get upset that
we went out without telling him.

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Put on your shoes while I call him.

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Hello?

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Peace be upon you Fadi.

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How are you doing?

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Listen, how much time do you need?

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Around an hour?

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Okay, I will go to visit the girls to see if they agree
to come to my reading sessions and come back.

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It will take around 45 minutes.
I won't be late.

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Food? Yes, there are leftovers from yesterday.

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Okay, good bye. May God be with you.

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Unfortunately it's hot today, Maya
You should put on a hat or you're good?

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You're good, right?

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- Should I wear a face mask?
- No, no need for you.

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Don't knock on the door, I'll do it!

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First let's push aside the door.

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Slowly... slowly.

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Is your mother here? Hi.

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- Where's mom?
- She's inside.

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Call her.

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- Hi.
- Hi.

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- Om Sabah?
- Come on in!

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- Hi.
- Hi.

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Come here.

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- Come in!
- Sabah?!

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- Come in!
- Hello! - Hello!

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- How are you?
- Good.

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Listen, I'm launching a project called "Let's Read".

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It involves young girls between 11 and 16 years.

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It's called "Let's Read". I'm trying to
encourage girls to read short stories.

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To read instead of staying glued to the mobile
phone or sitting without doing anything.

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There are no schools at the moment
and they are not leaving their homes.

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Would you show your daughter the book
and see what she thinks?

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- She will be reading for the first time, right?
- Currently she will not...

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- It's not her first time but...

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Don't be worried and say,
"I'm not educated and have never read a book..."

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No, that's what I'm looking for, okay?
Because you'll learn how to do it with me.

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Hopefully.

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It's an opportunity for her before she gets married.

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- How old is she?
- 16

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Listen, by the way, one of its chapters
talks about marriage.

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How to deal with it if you get married
earlier than you should.

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How you would deal with people...

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How to maturely interact with the people
you’re going to live with.

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Would you let her enroll in my reading aloud sessions?
I hope you agree!

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Here... Yamama...
No, sorry, Yamama...Fares...

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I hope our mission will not be in vain
and they agree to enroll the girl.

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Good girl.

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Did I mention in the story what
Sama's husband looks like?

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You think he's a mean guy because he
married her when she was young, right?

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But he was the opposite by the way.

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If you think through it...

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maybe he was also forced by his parents.

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Maya, you can draw some girls
her own age bullying her.

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She looks angry.

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She always looked upset.

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It's hard to feel like nobody cares about you.

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But she's happy while reading, okay?

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She used to read, as we said, on
the rooftop on the worn-out couch, right?

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- Asmaa?
- Yes?

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Where are the cups of coffee?

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- You're making coffee, so do everything.
- Okay, no problem.

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You need to help me.

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We should finish quickly because today
I have a session with the girls, okay?

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- What time?
- After 12 O'clock

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After 12 you're at risk,
you should leave the house.

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Fadi, take care of Hamoudeh, please.

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Try to hang out with him for just one hour.

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Why you didn't tell me yesterday about it?

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- I don't know...
- I would help you!

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I don't want any help,
it's my own project.

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I know, but if you faced any problems...
Two opinions are better than one.

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I don't know why I feel comfortable,
not afraid or worried.

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- How many girls are we expecting?

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I have 14 or 15 names, but you can't guarantee it.
You know how people are...

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When it gets serious,
they change their mind.

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Now, I will introduce myself to you.

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My name is Asmaa Jamal Rashed.

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I'm married with four kids.

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3 girls that wear me out
and a boy who has given me grey hair.

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I'm 28 years old,
and have been married for about 13 years.

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I like reading and writing.

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Can you imagine that?

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I don't have degrees because I've married early
and couldn't continue my studies.

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Although I really loved school,
but circumstances got in the way.

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Just call me "Asmaa".

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There's no difference between us, we are friends. Okay?

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- Fine.
- Okay?

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I'll ask you all a question,
who here goes to school?

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My name is Montaha.

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I want to introduce myself.

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I am Nour Nedal Ali. I am 12 years old.

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I am living a normal life.

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Heba is a very natural person.

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A person who likes to read and write.

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And I am a very quiet person.

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I am mysterious too.

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I don’t speak alot.

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What else?

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My name is Tamara Fadi Al Bakkawi.
I am 12 years-old.

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I am a refugee in Zaatari Camp.

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Okay, "Let's read"

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I'm calling on people to read.

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I'll try to help you like reading,
reading ordinary books.

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Far far from studying, teaching and online learning...

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and learning via mobile or whatever,
the teacher and mathematics exams...

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Not even close... you'll really enjoy it.

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We have a section titled "Simple Pleasures".

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We're living in a camp here, right?

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You might think to yourself,
"If I was in Syria, life would be better..."

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We wouldn’t be living in a tent.
None of us were living in tents.

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But there is nothing wrong with being a refugee,
on the contrary.

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Let's be honest, do we feel comfortable here
or back in our country?

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- Be honest!
- Here.

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When we used to flee the bombings and similar things...

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and seek shelters... even if it's a camp
we are very happy.

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Enjoy everything in life,
it's the subject of our book.

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We will really enjoy reading it!

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Okay?

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My parents try to convince us to like this place,
but I really hate it.

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It's a deserted place,
there are no trees, flowers or amusement parks!

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There's nothing to enjoy here at the camp.

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Do you remember when you were
a little girl going to school?

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Please mother, I hate to remember those days.

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- Look at it! Did you like it?
- Yes, you were so beautiful.

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- Come on! Look at me!
- I  swear.

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- I had big teeth.
- Are they smaller now?

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They were big and got smaller now?

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Asmaa went to the school in the morning,
came back and entered the room...

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- she continued writing and reading until she fell asleep.
- I was planning for my future.

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- How did you bring these pictures from Syria?
- I brought all the photos of my girls.

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I wasn’t a child here, I was already engaged.

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- Yes, you were...
- Look at Bachar.

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We were at grandpa's house.

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Look at me when I was a little girl.

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- Am I beautiful?
- You look like Tamara!

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Tamara, have a look.

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Who's this?

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Who's this little girl?

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- It's Yamama.
- Yamama!

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- It's mom when she was younger.
- Do I look like Tamara?

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I'm more beautiful for sure.

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My mom had a unibrow when she was my age.

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When she went to school...

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she was bullied by many girls
and had no friends.

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So when she went to school she
feared getting close to anyone.

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I feel that she was sad in her childhood.

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We got to the stage where Sama
got married and became a mother.

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She had children.

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When we say "war",
what comes to your mind first?

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- Fire
- Fire!

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We imagine the destruction, fire,
dead people on the ground, martyrs, blood...

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We think of how people lived in fear.

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Can you think of the children’s situation in the war?

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I hope you don't ever experience it.

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Tamara lived this experience when she was younger.

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Mom, do we draw Sama with a unibrow?

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No need anymore because
she got married and fixed herself up.

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She found someone who takes care of her.

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You can draw a sky filled with red sparks.

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Even the sky indicates that
there are bombs and terror.

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She was about 4 or 3 months pregnant...

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Something happened in the country...

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There was chaos in the country.

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Until her husband’s family took a decision that they should leave.
“This country is no longer safe."

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She told her husband, "Do you agree with what is happening?
Do you think it's right to leave me?”

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“Leave me and my daughter to our fate under fire?”

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She was very disappointed.

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I have a kid with him,
I’m even pregnant...

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Didn't he consider any of this?

00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:17.640
Can you name an athlete who won
a gold medal in the last Olympics?

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Or the last woman to be crowned Miss USA?

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Oh... nothing.
He can't remember anything!

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I wondered, "how many people in the audience
were answering correctly?"

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He wanted to know,
"Am I the only one who didn't know the answer?"

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Finally, a question was asked that I could answer.

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Can you name the last person
who told you they loved you?

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:57.520
Could you answer this question
and remember the last person who told you this?

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In our community, we should hide love and not reveal it.
Love is a taboo. No, no!

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.400
It's a very normal thing!

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Who is the last person you expressed your love to?

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- It's okay if you don't have an answer.
- Me

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- Asmaa...
- My mother.

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Montaha?

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No one, I forgot.

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You forgot! It's okay.
Nour?

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- To my older sister.
- To your older sister. Solaf?

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Go on, Solaf. Let's hear your voice, Solaf!

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- My mother.
- Your mother.

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To her fiancé, I can tell you.

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- My mother.
- Your mother.

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- My father.
- Your father.

00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:38.640
- My mother.
- Your mother.

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We should maintain and hold on to them.

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:46.120
Your father, your mother, your brothers,
your sisters are vital.

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Your child, anyone... your friends!
How essential it is to have friends?

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:55.920
We take them for granted but they're vital
relationships that we need to hold on to.

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We're done here, it's the introduction.

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:08.800
Before my Mom started the reading sessions,
I had no friends here.

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Even when my cousins were calling me to play with them,
I refused.

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:20.640
I was scared of people here at the camp.

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:27.040
When my Mom started to read stories...

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I became braver. I became social.

00:24:52.760 --> 00:24:56.280
She was cleaning when the phone rang.

00:24:57.320 --> 00:25:01.880
I don't know why she felt something...

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:05.200
that the caller was her husband.

00:25:06.280 --> 00:25:13.040
He told her, "I'm sorry that I left you!"

00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:16.160
He allowed her to go to him.

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:19.760
She was very happy!

00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:23.560
Fadi, wake up.

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It’s noon.

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- Have you woken Dad?
- Yes!

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Here are the toys, play with them.
Wait I'll put your clothes on for you.

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:39.320
(morning mumble)
- No one

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:44.040
Your mother called as well,
she wants you urgently.

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:49.880
- Dad!
- Maya has English homework.

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:53.080
I told her, "wait until your Dad has his breakfast and coffee".

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:55.640
Tamara said, "we'll wait till midnight then".

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:02.640
Fadi, wait until you have your breakfast
or you will make her get frustrated.

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:06.800
Say "hi"
Did you start eating?

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.720
Keep it!
Swallow it slowly.

00:26:15.760 --> 00:26:21.000
I am trying to encourage girls to read short books
and novels that suit their age.

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:26.200
This generation emerged from the war at the age...
Stop it.

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:29.080
At what age? 4, 5 years or so.

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:34.120
They witnessed the war and suffered
from the refugee situation, tents...

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:36.480
This means they are psychologically affected.

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:44.280
- It's a sensitive age, it's good to target it.
- The camp as well.

00:26:44.280 --> 00:26:49.440
You teach girls that even if you get married early,
your life doesn't end here.

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:52.240
Even learning, it's...

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:59.960
Even now, if I tell anyone from the village
what I'm doing, they will ridicule it.

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.160
Not useful.

00:27:01.760 --> 00:27:07.280
- I feel like you remind me of myself.
- You were like this?

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:12.560
As a child, I used to write,
I even brought some of my writings here.

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:14.920
But it wasn't like nowadays,
we had no support.

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:20.000
We were working at home... there was no one
to encourage us to do these things.

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:23.040
How old were you when you got married?

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:25.960
- No, you can say that I...
- 12 years.

00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:30.400
- I can't believe it!
- 12 years.

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:32.000
- I finished sixth grade.

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:36.240
Learning was not a choice,
girls were not allowed to learn.

00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:41.400
- Why didn't you do anything?
- It was out of my hands...

00:27:42.520 --> 00:27:45.960
I liked learning and I was a good student.

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:50.520
- You are the only one...
- How did you feel when you dropped out of school?

00:27:50.520 --> 00:27:53.400
I felt like...

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:58.040
I felt like I wanted this thing and lost it.
It was so hard for me.

00:27:59.080 --> 00:28:02.000
Women could do nothing.

00:28:03.040 --> 00:28:07.840
You are doing all I've ever wanted to do.

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:11.480
That why I'm supporting you! Keep going!
Don't listen to anyone.

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:22.200
I will try to be strong.

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:37.600
I will draw my strength from my children
and the generations that are being destroyed.

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:45.800
I will try to help them...
I will try to change them from within.

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.880
Do you have pens?

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.040
Help each other.

00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:01.360
Who would like to participate?
I want new people to participate.

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.800
Who? Who? Who?

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.800
Heba!

00:29:10.760 --> 00:29:12.280
We are listening attentively.

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:17.520
I am often satisfied with my life...

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:22.240
It's not that...

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.240
It's okay, let her take her time.

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:35.160
I'm satisfied with my life. It's not very bad
but it’s not very good. It's in between.

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.360
- Okay.

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.960
I love the place where we live...

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:42.520
I like it. It’s not great, but I don’t hate it.

00:29:42.520 --> 00:29:47.160
It's not what you would want,
but you like living here.

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:56.040
The wars in Syria affected our life significantly,
that's why we came here.

00:29:56.560 --> 00:30:01.720
So we should cope with the situation,
even if it's a bit difficult.

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:04.560
But this is our life now.

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:11.040
After all, we will return one day to rebuild
our houses and everything will go back to normal.

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:12.640
- Hopefully.
- Hopefully.

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:15.600
When we were living in Syria...

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:19.480
all of us...

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:25.720
We were so happy.

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:39.320
Not a lot because I was too little to remember.
I was so young but...

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.560
We lived in one room.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:48.040
We had a kitchen.

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:55.760
We were eight. Eight members living
in one room but we were so happy!

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:03.200
My life was amazing.

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:14.200
I used to play outside with my friends in the neighborhood.
Our neighborhood was so beautiful..

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:22.800
I was so happy! I was a little kid who played outside
and returned back home after playing.

00:31:27.760 --> 00:31:31.240
I spent the best days at home back in Syria.

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:37.240
My home was a big one.

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:42.280
We planted flowers and jasmines.

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.920
And my sisters and I were always playing around.

00:31:48.760 --> 00:32:00.640
We had a two-story home. We planted together, played together...
We had a very good time.

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:06.840
I have good memories and I still remember them.

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:13.000
I remember my room with my sisters.
I can’t ever forget those memories.

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:16.480
And that is it...

00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:24.640
When I think of Syria,
I think that my house is devastated...

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:28.200
and all of the homes are devastated...

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:34.400
And there are big fires, people are dying,
and they are lying on the streets.

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:38.320
This is what I think of.

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:43.720
We will not read much today,
we have another activity!

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.920
Take a very deep breath.

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.720
Close your eyes.

00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:55.680
- You're alone on a cloud in the sky...

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.600
The cloud is asking you,
"where would you like to go?"

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:05.800
Choose any place you would like to go to,
a place where you feel comfortable.

00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:27.040
Maya, can you please go and buy lemons?

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:30.240
Only a few.
Where is Tamara?

00:33:31.040 --> 00:33:36.000
Oh, Tamara is at her Grandma’s.
Nothing can bring her from there. Can you go please?

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:43.280
- Clean here, where you squeezed lemon.
- Yes, I know.

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.560
- Fadi?
-Mmm?

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:48.560
What will be the future of our kids?

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:54.520
Did we ever expect to face such a thing in our lives?

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:59.000
So what do you think?

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:05.200
I have no idea.
But we are living in a place...

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:11.160
...with no future. It’s uncertain.

00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:16.760
- You mean our decision is not in our hands?
- Yes.

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:22.440
The future of this place is uncertain and
we don’t know what will happen over night

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:26.520
so it is difficult to identify the future
and to create a plan.

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:29.360
For the kids, we ought to do our duty.

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:38.640
Encouraging them to pursue their education
and guide them to take the right path!

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:43.800
But what if we stay at the camp?
What about our kids?

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:40.040
Home means to me security, love, care.

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:42.960
It is beautiful.

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:52.800
I don’t wish to go back to Syria.
I wish to stay here.

00:35:54.840 --> 00:36:03.760
It is filled with our dreams and ambitions.
Everything started here at this home in the camp.

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:13.800
The house will look nice but what makes it
even more beautiful is living with my family.

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:20.520
I’m still looking for my home.
The home where I will live in peace and happiness.

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:27.960
I hate this place, but I hate Syria more.

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:32.800
Here there is no war, no bombs, no blood, nothing.

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:36.800
I hate it, but I hate Syria more.

00:36:39.080 --> 00:36:41.040
We are not returning to Syria, ever.

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:49.680
...that compels one to help others

00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:55.960
for no reason other than the goodness of
participating in a cause larger than oneself.

00:36:56.520 --> 00:37:02.080
These are the moments when our
souls shine bright and beautiful

00:37:02.080 --> 00:37:06.520
and connect us to the purpose of our existence.

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.240
Okay...

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:11.120
Get ready for the activity!
“The hat activity”.

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:16.880
No, this is our hat. Not a magical hat...

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:19.520
We do not have anything magical,
everything we have is real.

00:37:19.520 --> 00:37:22.040
- Nothing is impossible
- The hat of reality!

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:27.560
The hat of reality!
No, the hat of dreams!

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:33.000
- Heba, what do you think?
- The hat of dreams!

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:36.880
- A sunhat!
- Yes, to protect us against the sun!

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:40.360
- The hat of the future!
- The hat of the future! Nice. Solaf?

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:42.840
- The hat of hopes.
- The hat of dreams.

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.960
- Hopes
- The hat of hopes.

00:37:45.080 --> 00:37:46.800
- The hat of reality.
- The hat of reality.

00:37:47.080 --> 00:37:50.160
- The hat of imagination.
- The hat of imagination, nice answer!

00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:54.960
Now... I'm fine, let's go!

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.600
Let's go. 1, 2, 3!

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.920
- Let me take it.

00:37:59.160 --> 00:38:02.880
I want to know where Tamara would be in 10 years!

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:10.160
Let’s go Tamara, it's your turn. You're welcome!
Don't distract her, sit in the middle here!

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:15.280
Imagine that it can give you everything you want!
It’s a magical hat.

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:18.800
- Let it be the magical hat, according to Yamama or...
- No, Yamama.

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:22.400
I see myself in university after ten years.

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:26.160
University.
In ten years, you'll be there!

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:36.120
I see myself going back home in ten years,
with our house built...

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:44.720
and that I open a drawing institute
and another one to teach reading and writing...

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:55.080
and that I graduate from university and I’m an important person.

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:58.960
Bravo! You can give it to one of the girls.

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:07.680
I believe that I will be in Canada
after ten years! I'm pretty sure!

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:12.600
- And...what else? What else?
- To see the Eiffel tower!

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:15.600
No, I don't want to...
Shut up!

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:21.480
I believe that I will be a professional
in doing what I like, of course make-up!

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:23.400
- And famous in this field.
- Hopefully!

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:28.160
And owning a salon for make-up only,
not engaging in hair dressing at all.

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.520
That's how I see myself.

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:32.800
Close your eyes, girls!

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:37.440
- Let’s go. Sit there and get comfortable.
- She's crossing legs as well!

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.240
- No, no no.

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:40.840
What should I tell you?
I have nothing in mind!

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:43.600
- Listen, it's okay, anything!

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:51.600
- I have nothing!
- Just try, anything!

00:39:52.640 --> 00:39:53.600
- Anything, just try!

00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:57.400
I see myself in Jordan!

00:39:57.520 --> 00:40:00.560
You see yourself in Jordan after 10 years.
What you'll be doing in Jordan?

00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:05.520
- Nothing, I will stay at home.
- What would you do at home?

00:40:07.520 --> 00:40:12.840
Maybe you can find something you enjoy...
Give it some thought.

00:40:14.600 --> 00:40:15.280
Think!

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:19.760
It doesn’t have to be anything
related to education or even something big.

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:25.680
After this experience, would you want
to read a book or just look at its illustrations?

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.600
- No.

00:40:26.600 --> 00:40:28.480
Give me anything except a book!

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:31.320
It's okay, it's very normal!

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:37.440
I hope that all of your dreams come true
not in 10 years but as soon as possible.

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.720
Okay.

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:45.640
- Where have you been?
- Guess where!

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:50.560
I saw myself as a notable writer.

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.280
People want desperately to
take photos with me!

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:58.120
Listen, they want me to sign the book I've written.

00:40:58.120 --> 00:41:02.480
The book I'm still writing,
and maybe it’ll take me another 10 years!

00:41:04.080 --> 00:41:09.240
I saw myself in the spotlight
surrounded by cameras and stuff!

00:41:09.560 --> 00:41:16.040
I also saw you around.
You were the people in audience applauding me.

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:19.120
I hope to see this after ten years!

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:28.000
She got to Zaatari Camp after a lot of difficulties.

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:33.720
After going through some of the toughest moments of life.

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:36.920
- Do you want to know what happened with her too?
- Yes.

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:41.320
Did she stay weak, feeling like she didn't exist?

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.840
- No
- We'll see.

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:48.320
Briefly, it was a very difficult stage for her.

00:41:49.160 --> 00:41:54.240
She felt like her life was over.

00:41:55.120 --> 00:41:56.960
Until one day...

00:41:58.200 --> 00:42:03.800
She experienced reading aloud to children.

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:06.640
She became a reading aloud storyteller
in her neighborhood.

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:16.080
In this experience, Sama felt as if someone came
and put a bandage on her wounds...

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:20.800
As if someone found her and she found herself.

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:24.720
Sama felt like life opened up new horizons.

00:42:25.040 --> 00:42:29.800
She felt like hope still existed.

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:32.200
There were new experiences down the road.

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:35.880
She did things she never imagined she could do...

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:38.520
even if she didn't know what she was doing.

00:42:38.520 --> 00:42:41.360
She wasn't afraid of anything or anyone.

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:45.840
Okay, try to imagine with me.
We'll imagine together.

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:48.400
Sama went through all these things.

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:51.160
Eventually she got what she wanted.

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:55.040
Think with me. How do you imagine her now?
Where is she? What is she doing?

00:42:59.040 --> 00:43:09.040
I’m eager to know of a moment where you were happy
and laughed and showed all your teeth!

00:43:10.560 --> 00:43:13.400
- I can't remember anything!
- Let’s go Solaf!

00:43:13.640 --> 00:43:20.680
Tell us about a moment in the past when
you were very happy and laughed your heart out.

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:27.560
When I first came to the camp...
Really, I was very happy!

00:43:27.560 --> 00:43:30.120
- But later...
- Can you tell us why?

00:43:30.600 --> 00:43:35.440
- We are surprised.
- It's her turn, wait for your turn!

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:39.040
It was a new life to us.

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:43.920
What would make you happy the most in the future?

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:51.520
- To travel the world.
- To travel the world! Nice.

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:57.760
- I can't remember anything!
- No, try and you will find something.

00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:01.400
In the coming days, in the coming years...
Think... hold on!

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:05.360
- May I speak?
- Yes speak speak!

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:10.440
What people wish the most and makes them happy...

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:13.600
- It's to go back home, right?
- Right! Yes!

00:44:13.600 --> 00:44:15.400
- It's to go back home...
- Yes.

00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:18.040
but it won't happen,
it won’t happen.

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:24.640
So that's what you look for?
Then you do have something that makes you happy.

00:44:24.640 --> 00:44:27.400
Bravo, Montaha!
Now give the ball to Waed.

00:44:31.720 --> 00:44:35.360
- Go ahead, Waed.
- The happiest memory?

00:44:36.520 --> 00:44:38.760
A moment when you were the
most happy in you life.

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:41.760
- Mmm, honestly?
- Yes.

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:47.080
When my aunt Asmaa came and
told me that she had a project

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:49.600
and that I would certainly be a part of it!

00:44:50.040 --> 00:44:54.160
I was very happy, indeed,
and felt very excited...

00:44:55.200 --> 00:44:57.720
because it was the first time
I was able to do something for myself.

00:44:59.640 --> 00:45:04.760
To speak without hesitations,
to speak out of my heart.

00:45:05.560 --> 00:45:06.560
And...

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:13.520
I was myself, Waed!
Not the daughter-in-law or the wife...

00:45:13.520 --> 00:45:17.400
Not the daughter or the sister,
It was just me, Waed!

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:21.040
It was the most beautiful moment...

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:26.320
- I felt like I exist as Waed.
- Very good, bravo Waed!

00:45:26.600 --> 00:45:29.240
Each one of you come and choose
the book that's caught your eye.

00:45:34.520 --> 00:45:40.000
When I think of Asmaa,
I have a very nice feeling.

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:44.160
When...

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:49.280
When she gave us books...
When she gathered us.

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:57.040
When she read and explained things to us...

00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:01.120
It's wonderful!

00:46:05.720 --> 00:46:11.200
I used to stay alone at the house,
not going anywhere.

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:14.240
Then Asmaa came to our house...

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:19.840
and asked my father to let me attend her sessions.

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:29.280
I am so happy now because
I come here to Asmaa’s place...

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:35.000
And she reads stories to me
and teaches me to be positive...

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:42.240
How to be honest, how to understand life.

00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:49.400
I'm happy with Asmaa's sessions.

00:47:03.200 --> 00:47:05.840
I’ve made many friends.

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:09.160
I visit Asmaa everyday.

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:18.360
Before I was staying at home helping my mother.
I didn’t know anything.

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:23.360
A person should go out in order to learn what life is.

00:47:25.600 --> 00:47:35.320
When I attended the sessions,
my personality grew and I became happier.

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:45.440
The thing I love most about my Mom
is that she's patient, strong...

00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:48.040
and doesn’t give up easily.