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Deeyah Khan: What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids
狄雅可汗: 關於歐洲回教孩子，我們所不知道的事
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狄雅可汗身為阿富汗母親與巴斯基坦父親在挪威養大的孩子，她知道身為困在自己社區和國家之間的年輕人是什麼感受。這位製片人在這個強大、情緒豐富的演說中，揭露出許多在西方長大的回教孩子感受到的拒絕和隔閡──以及讓極端主義團體先一步擁抱我們的年輕人會有什麼致命的後果。
Deeyah Khan - Filmmaker
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00:13
When I was a child,
I knew I had superpowers.
I knew I had superpowers.
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小時候，我知道我有超能力。
00:18
That's right.
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沒錯。
00:20
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:21
I thought I was absolutely amazing
because I could understand
because I could understand
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我覺得我超厲害，因為我可以了解
00:25
and relate to the feelings
of brown people,
of brown people,
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並同理棕色人種的感受。
00:27
like my grandfather,
a conservative Muslim guy.
a conservative Muslim guy.
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像我的祖父，
一個保守的穆斯林傢伙。
一個保守的穆斯林傢伙。
00:31
And also, I could understand
my Afghan mother, my Pakistani father,
my Afghan mother, my Pakistani father,
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此外，我能了解我的阿富汗母親、
我的巴基斯坦父親，
我的巴基斯坦父親，
00:36
not so religious
but laid-back, fairly liberal.
but laid-back, fairly liberal.
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他沒有那麼虔誠，
而是比較輕鬆自由的。
而是比較輕鬆自由的。
00:40
And of course, I could understand
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當然，我也能
00:42
and relate to the feelings
of white people.
of white people.
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了解跟同理白人的感受，
00:44
The white Norwegians of my country.
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我的國家中的挪威白人。
00:47
You know, white, brown, whatever --
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你知道的，白色、棕色、任何顏色
00:50
I loved them all.
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我通通都愛，
00:51
I understood them all,
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我通通都了解，
00:53
even if they didn't always
understand each other,
understand each other,
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即使他們不見得都可以了解彼此；
00:55
they were all my people.
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他們是我的同胞。
00:57
My father, though,
was always really worried.
was always really worried.
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不過，我父親總是非常擔心。
01:00
He kept saying that
even with the best education,
even with the best education,
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他不斷說，即使有受最好的教育，
01:03
I was not going to get a fair shake.
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我也不會得到平等待遇。
01:07
I would still face discrimination,
according to him.
according to him.
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據他所說，我仍然會面對歧視。
01:10
And that the only way
to be accepted by white people
to be accepted by white people
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唯一能被白人接受的方式，
01:13
would be to become famous.
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就是成名。
01:15
Now, mind you, he had this conversation
with me when I was seven years old.
with me when I was seven years old.
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提醒各位，他是在我七歲
時跟我說這些的。
時跟我說這些的。
01:20
So while I'm seven years old, he said,
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所以，當我七歲時，他說：
01:23
"Look, so it's either got to be sports,
or it's got to be music."
or it's got to be music."
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「聽著，你的選擇
若不是運動，就是音樂。」
若不是運動，就是音樂。」
01:26
He didn't know anything about sports --
bless him -- so it was music.
bless him -- so it was music.
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他對運動一竅不通
──保佑他──所以就是音樂了。
──保佑他──所以就是音樂了。
01:31
So when I was seven years old,
he gathered all my toys, all my dolls,
he gathered all my toys, all my dolls,
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所以當我七歲時，他把我所有的
玩具、娃娃都收集在一起，
玩具、娃娃都收集在一起，
01:35
and he threw them all away.
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然後全部丟掉。
01:38
In exchange he gave me
a crappy little Casio keyboard and --
a crappy little Casio keyboard and --
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做為交換，他給我一個
很爛的小卡西歐電子琴，以及……
很爛的小卡西歐電子琴，以及……
01:42
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
01:43
Yeah. And singing lessons.
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是啊。以及歌唱課。
01:45
And he forced me, basically, to practice
for hours and hours every single day.
for hours and hours every single day.
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基本上，他強迫我每天
不斷練習好幾個鐘頭。
不斷練習好幾個鐘頭。
01:50
Very quickly, he also had me performing
for larger and larger audiences,
for larger and larger audiences,
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很快的，他也讓我在
越來越多的觀眾面前演出。
越來越多的觀眾面前演出。
01:54
and bizarrely, I became
almost a kind of poster child
almost a kind of poster child
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奇怪的是，我幾乎變成了一種
挪威多文化主義的模範人物。
01:58
for Norwegian multiculturalism.
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02:00
I felt very proud, of course.
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當然，我感到很驕傲。
02:02
Because even the newspapers at this point
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因為即使在這個時期的報紙，
02:05
were starting to write
nice things about brown people,
nice things about brown people,
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也開始寫些關於棕色人種的好話，
02:08
so I could feel
that my superpower was growing.
that my superpower was growing.
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所以我可以感到我的超能力在成長。
02:12
So when I was 12 years old,
walking home from school,
walking home from school,
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我十二歲時，從學校走路回家，
02:15
I took a little detour
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我繞了路，
02:17
because I wanted to buy
my favorite sweets called "salty feet."
my favorite sweets called "salty feet."
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因為我想買我最喜歡的
甜點「鹽腳」。
甜點「鹽腳」。
02:20
I know they sound kind of awful,
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我知道這名稱聽起來很糟，
02:23
but I absolutely love them.
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但我真的很愛吃它。
02:25
They're basically these little
salty licorice bits in the shape of feet.
salty licorice bits in the shape of feet.
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基本上，它是鹽味甘草塊，
做成腳的形狀。
做成腳的形狀。
02:30
And now that I say it out loud,
I realize how terrible that sounds,
I realize how terrible that sounds,
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現在我大聲說出來，我才發現
它的名稱聽起來多糟，
它的名稱聽起來多糟，
02:36
but be that as it may,
I absolutely love them.
I absolutely love them.
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但即便如此，
我還是非常喜歡吃它。
我還是非常喜歡吃它。
02:38
So on my way into the store,
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當我要進入這家店的時候，
02:40
there was this grown white guy
in the doorway blocking my way.
in the doorway blocking my way.
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有個成年白人在門口擋住我的路。
02:45
So I tried to walk around him,
and as I did that, he stopped me
and as I did that, he stopped me
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我試著繞過他，
當我這麼做的時候，他阻止了我。
02:51
and he was staring at me,
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他瞪著我，
02:54
and he spit in my face, and he said,
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他朝我的臉吐口水，他說：
02:56
"Get out of my way
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「滾一邊去，
02:57
you little black bitch,
you little Paki bitch,
you little Paki bitch,
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你這個小黑賤人，
你這個小巴基斯坦賤人，
你這個小巴基斯坦賤人，
03:00
go back home where you came from."
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滾回你的老家去。」
03:03
I was absolutely horrified.
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我完全嚇壞了。
03:06
I was staring at him.
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我直瞪著他，
03:08
I was too afraid
to wipe the spit off my face,
to wipe the spit off my face,
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我害怕到無法把臉上的口水擦掉，
03:11
even as it was mixing with my tears.
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那口水還摻雜了我的眼淚。
03:14
I remember looking around,
hoping that any minute now,
hoping that any minute now,
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我還記得我左顧右看，希望馬上
03:17
a grown-up is going to come
and make this guy stop.
and make this guy stop.
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有個成人出現來阻止這個傢伙。
03:21
But instead, people kept hurrying past me
and pretended not to see me.
and pretended not to see me.
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結果卻是，人們很快走過我旁邊，
假裝沒看見我。
03:26
I was very confused
because I was thinking, well,
because I was thinking, well,
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我很困惑，因為我在想：
03:30
"My white people, come on!
Where are they? What's going on?
Where are they? What's going on?
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「我的白人同胞，快點！
他們到哪去了？怎麼回事？
他們到哪去了？怎麼回事？
03:33
How come they're not
coming and rescuing me?
coming and rescuing me?
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為什麼他們都不來救我？」
03:36
So, needless to say,
I didn't buy the sweets.
I didn't buy the sweets.
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不用說，我沒買到甜點。
03:39
I just ran home as fast as I could.
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我只是盡快跑回家。
03:42
Things were still OK, though, I thought.
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不過，我心想，一切都還好。
03:44
As time went on,
the more successful I became,
the more successful I became,
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隨時間過去，我變得更成功，
03:47
I eventually started also
attracting harassment from brown people.
attracting harassment from brown people.
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我後來也開始引來
棕色人種的騷擾。
棕色人種的騷擾。
03:53
Some men in my parent's community
felt that it was unacceptable
felt that it was unacceptable
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我父母的社區內，有些人覺得，
03:56
and dishonorable for a woman
to be involved in music
to be involved in music
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一個女人踏入音樂圈
並出現在媒體上，
並出現在媒體上，
04:01
and to be so present in the media.
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是不可接受且可恥的。
04:05
So very quickly, I was starting
to become attacked at my own concerts.
to become attacked at my own concerts.
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所以很快地，我開始
在我自己的音樂會上被攻擊。
在我自己的音樂會上被攻擊。
04:10
I remember one of the concerts,
I was onstage, I lean into the audience
I was onstage, I lean into the audience
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我記得在其中一場音樂會中，
我在台上，靠向觀眾，
我在台上，靠向觀眾，
04:15
and the last thing I see
is a young brown face
is a young brown face
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我看見的最後一個畫面，
是一張年輕的棕色面孔，
是一張年輕的棕色面孔，
04:19
and the next thing I know is some sort
of chemical is thrown in my eyes
of chemical is thrown in my eyes
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接下來，我只知道有
某種化學物被潑到我眼睛裡，
某種化學物被潑到我眼睛裡，
04:23
and I remember I couldn't really see
and my eyes were watering
and my eyes were watering
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我記得我什麼都看不見，
眼睛滿是淚水，
眼睛滿是淚水，
04:26
but I kept singing anyway.
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可是我還是繼續唱下去。
04:28
I was spit in the face in the streets
of Oslo, this time by brown men.
of Oslo, this time by brown men.
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在奧斯陸的街上，我被當面吐口水，
這次吐口水的是棕色人種。
04:34
They even tried to kidnap me at one point.
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有次他們甚至還試圖綁架我。
04:37
The death threats were endless.
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死亡威脅更是沒完沒了。
04:39
I remember one older bearded guy
stopped me in the street one time,
stopped me in the street one time,
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記得有次，有個留鬍子的老人
在街上攔住我，
在街上攔住我，
04:42
and he said, "The reason
I hate you so much
I hate you so much
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他說：「我如此恨你的理由，
04:45
is because you make our daughters think
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是因為你讓我們的女兒認為，
04:47
they can do whatever they want."
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她們可以做任何她們想做的事。」
04:50
A younger guy warned me to watch my back.
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有個年輕人警告我要自己小心，
04:53
He said music is un-Islamic
and the job of whores,
and the job of whores,
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他說，音樂不符合伊斯蘭教規，
而且是妓女的工作。
而且是妓女的工作。
04:56
and if you keep this up,
you are going to be raped
you are going to be raped
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如果你繼續這麼做，你就會被強暴，
04:59
and your stomach will be cut out so that
another whore like you will not be born.
another whore like you will not be born.
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你的肚子會被切開，這樣才不會有
另一個像你一樣的妓女出生。
另一個像你一樣的妓女出生。
05:05
Again, I was so confused.
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同樣的，我感到困惑。
05:07
I couldn't understand what was going on.
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我無法了解發生了什麼事。
05:09
My brown people now starting
to treat me like this -- how come?
to treat me like this -- how come?
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我的棕色同胞開始這樣子
對待我……怎麼會這樣？
對待我……怎麼會這樣？
05:13
Instead of bridging the worlds,
the two worlds,
the two worlds,
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我不再是將兩個世界連結起來，
05:16
I felt like I was falling
between my two worlds.
between my two worlds.
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我覺得我反而是落在兩個世界中間。
05:20
I suppose, for me, spit was kryptonite.
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我想，對我來說，口水是氪星石。
05:24
So by the time I was 17 years old,
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當我十七歲時，
05:26
the death threats were endless,
and the harassment was constant.
and the harassment was constant.
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死亡威脅沒完沒了，
騷擾是司空見慣。
騷擾是司空見慣。
05:29
It got so bad, at one point
my mother sat me down and said,
my mother sat me down and said,
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情況變得很糟，
有次我母親要我坐下，說：
有次我母親要我坐下，說：
05:32
"Look, we can no longer protect you,
we can no longer keep you safe,
we can no longer keep you safe,
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「聽著，我們無法再保護你，
無法再確保你的安全，
無法再確保你的安全，
05:35
so you're going to have to go."
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所以你得離開。」
05:37
So I bought a one-way ticket to London,
I packed my suitcase and I left.
I packed my suitcase and I left.
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所以我買了去倫敦的單程票，
我打包了行李，便離開了。
我打包了行李，便離開了。
05:44
My biggest heartbreak at that point
was that nobody said anything.
was that nobody said anything.
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那時最讓我心碎的是，
沒有人說什麼。
沒有人說什麼。
05:47
I had a very public exit from Norway.
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我離開挪威時是非常公開的。
05:51
My brown people, my white people --
nobody said anything.
nobody said anything.
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我的棕色同胞，我的白色同胞──
沒有人說什麼。
05:54
Nobody said, "Hold on, this is wrong.
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沒有人說：「等等，這是錯的。
05:57
Support this girl, protect this girl,
because she is one of us."
because she is one of us."
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支持這個女孩，保護這個女孩，
因為她是我們的一份子。」
因為她是我們的一份子。」
06:01
Nobody said that.
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沒有人那樣說。
06:03
Instead, I felt like --
you know at the airport,
you know at the airport,
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反之，我覺得……你們知道，在機場
06:07
on the baggage carousel
you have these different suitcases
you have these different suitcases
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在行李傳送帶上
有各種不同的行李箱，
有各種不同的行李箱，
06:10
going around and around,
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不斷轉呀轉，
06:11
and there's always
that one suitcase left at the end,
that one suitcase left at the end,
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最後總是有一個行李箱被留下來，
06:13
the one that nobody wants,
the one that nobody comes to claim.
the one that nobody comes to claim.
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沒有人要的行李箱，
沒有人來領的行李箱。
沒有人來領的行李箱。
06:16
I felt like that.
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我的感覺就是那樣。
06:19
I'd never felt so alone.
I'd never felt so lost.
I'd never felt so lost.
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我從來沒有感到如此孤單，
我從來沒有感到如此迷失。
我從來沒有感到如此迷失。
06:24
So, after coming to London,
I did eventually resume my music career.
I did eventually resume my music career.
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到了倫敦之後，我終於
又繼續展開我的音樂職涯。
又繼續展開我的音樂職涯。
06:29
Different place, but unfortunately
the same old story.
the same old story.
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不同的地方，但不幸的是，
同樣的故事又上演。
同樣的故事又上演。
06:32
I remember a message sent to me
saying that I was going to be killed
saying that I was going to be killed
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我記得收到一個訊息，
說我會被殺掉，
說我會被殺掉，
06:36
and that rivers of blood
were going to flow
were going to flow
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到時會血流成河，
06:39
and that I was going to be raped
many times before I died.
many times before I died.
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且我在死前會被強暴很多次。
06:43
By this point, I have to say,
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我必須要說，這時，
06:44
I was actually getting used
to messages like this,
to messages like this,
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我其實已經習慣了這種訊息了，
06:47
but what became different was that
now they started threatening my family.
now they started threatening my family.
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但開始變得不同的是，
這些訊息開始威脅我的家人。
這些訊息開始威脅我的家人。
06:52
So once again, I packed my suitcase,
I left music and I moved to the US.
I left music and I moved to the US.
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所以再一次，我打包行李，
離開了音樂，搬到美國。
離開了音樂，搬到美國。
06:58
I'd had enough.
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我受夠了。
06:59
I didn't want to have anything
to do with this anymore.
to do with this anymore.
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我不想再和這些事
扯上任何關係了。
扯上任何關係了。
07:02
And I was certainly not
going to be killed for something
going to be killed for something
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我肯定不要為了
根本不屬於我的夢想送命，
根本不屬於我的夢想送命，
07:05
that wasn't even my dream --
it was my father's choice.
it was my father's choice.
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那是我父親幫我選擇的夢想。
07:10
So I kind of got lost.
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所以我有點迷失了，
07:13
I kind of fell apart.
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我有點崩潰了。
07:14
But I decided that what I wanted to do
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但我決定，我想要做的是
07:17
is spend the next
however many years of my life
however many years of my life
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是把我人生剩下不論多少年的時間，
07:20
supporting young people
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用來支持年輕人，
07:22
and to try to be there in some small way,
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試著用某種微小的方式
陪在他們身邊，
陪在他們身邊，
07:25
whatever way that I could.
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用任何我能做到的方式。
07:27
I started volunteering
for various organizations
for various organizations
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我開始自願參與各種致力於
07:30
that were working
with young Muslims inside of Europe.
with young Muslims inside of Europe.
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協助歐洲年輕回教徒的組織。
07:36
And, to my surprise, what I found was
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讓我驚訝的是，我發現
07:39
so many of these young people
were suffering and struggling.
were suffering and struggling.
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有這麼多的年輕人在受苦和掙扎。
07:44
They were facing so many problems
with their families and their communities
with their families and their communities
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他們在家庭中與社區中
都面臨如此多問題，
都面臨如此多問題，
07:48
who seemed to care more
about their honor and their reputation
about their honor and their reputation
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這些家庭與社區似乎比較
在乎它們的榮耀和名聲，
在乎它們的榮耀和名聲，
07:51
than the happiness
and the lives of their own kids.
and the lives of their own kids.
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而非它們自己孩子的幸福及生活。
07:55
I started feeling like maybe I wasn't
so alone, maybe I wasn't so weird.
so alone, maybe I wasn't so weird.
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我開始覺得，也許我沒有這麼孤單，
也許我沒有這麼怪異。
08:00
Maybe there are more
of my people out there.
of my people out there.
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也許外面還有更多跟我一樣的同胞。
08:03
The thing is, what most people
don't understand
don't understand
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重點是，大部份人不了解的是，
08:05
is that there are so many of us
growing up in Europe
growing up in Europe
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我們當中有很多人都是在歐洲長大，
08:09
who are not free to be ourselves.
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卻沒有做自己的自由。
08:12
We're not allowed to be who we are.
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我們不被允許做真正的自己。
08:15
We are not free to marry
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我們沒有選擇結婚
08:19
or to be in relationships
with people that we choose.
with people that we choose.
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或交往對象的自由。
08:22
We can't even pick our own career.
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我們甚至不能挑選職業。
08:24
This is the norm in the Muslim
heartlands of Europe.
heartlands of Europe.
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這是歐洲回教心臟地帶的規範。
08:27
Even in the freest societies
in the world, we're not free.
in the world, we're not free.
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即使在世上最自由的社會中，
我們也沒有自由。
我們也沒有自由。
08:31
Our lives, our dreams, our future
does not belong to us,
does not belong to us,
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我們的生活、夢想、未來
都不屬於我們。
都不屬於我們。
08:35
it belongs to our parents
and their community.
and their community.
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而是屬於我們的父母
及他們的社區。
及他們的社區。
08:38
I found endless stories of young people
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我聽到無數的故事，都是年輕人
08:42
who are lost to all of us,
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被我們所有人漠視、
08:45
who are invisible to all of us
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被我們所有人忽視，
08:47
but who are suffering,
and they are suffering alone.
and they are suffering alone.
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但他們在受苦，他們在獨自受苦。
08:51
Kids we are losing to forced marriages,
to honor-based violence and abuse.
to honor-based violence and abuse.
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這些孩子敗給了強迫的婚姻、
以榮耀為基礎的暴力和虐待。
以榮耀為基礎的暴力和虐待。
08:57
Eventually, I realized after several
years of working with these young people,
years of working with these young people,
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在協助這些年輕人很多年之後，
最終，我了解到，
最終，我了解到，
09:01
that I will not be able to keep running.
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我不能繼續逃跑。
09:03
I can't spend the rest of my life
being scared and hiding
being scared and hiding
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我不能把我剩下的人生
用在害怕與躲藏，
用在害怕與躲藏，
09:07
and that I'm actually
going to have to do something.
going to have to do something.
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我真的得要做點什麼。
09:11
And I also realized
that my silence, our silence,
that my silence, our silence,
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我也了解到，我的沉默，
我們的沉默，
我們的沉默，
09:14
allows abuse like this to continue.
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允許這樣的虐待繼續發生。
09:18
So I decided that I wanted to put
my childhood superpower to some use
my childhood superpower to some use
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所以我決定要把我童年的
超能力拿出來用，
超能力拿出來用，
09:22
by trying to make people on the different
sides of these issues understand
sides of these issues understand
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試著讓這些議題各方的人都能了解
09:27
what it's like to be a young person stuck
between your family and your country.
between your family and your country.
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身為一個卡在自己家庭與國家
之間的年輕人，是什麼滋味。
之間的年輕人，是什麼滋味。
09:32
So I started making films,
and I started telling these stories.
and I started telling these stories.
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所以我開始拍電影，
我開始說故事。
我開始說故事。
09:36
And I also wanted people to understand
the deadly consequences of us
the deadly consequences of us
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我也希望人們了解，
若我們不正視這些問題，
若我們不正視這些問題，
09:41
not taking these problems seriously.
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會有多致命的後果。
09:44
So the first film I made was about Banaz.
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所以我的首部電影是
芭娜思的故事。
芭娜思的故事。
09:47
She was a 17-year-old
Kurdish girl in London.
Kurdish girl in London.
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她是個身在倫敦的
十七歲庫德族女孩，
十七歲庫德族女孩，
09:51
She was obedient, she did
whatever her parents wanted.
whatever her parents wanted.
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她很順從，完全遵照
她父母的意思做事。
她父母的意思做事。
09:54
She tried to do everything right.
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她試著把所有事做對。
09:57
She married some guy
that her parents chose for her,
that her parents chose for her,
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她嫁給了她父母選的男人，
09:59
even though he beat
and raped her constantly.
and raped her constantly.
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即使他常常打她、強暴她。
10:03
And when she tried to go
to her family for help, they said,
to her family for help, they said,
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當她試圖向家人求救，他們說：
10:06
"Well, you got to go back
and be a better wife."
and be a better wife."
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「嗯，你得回去當個更好的妻子。」
10:09
Because they didn't want
a divorced daughter on their hands
a divorced daughter on their hands
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因為他們不希望自己
有個離婚的女兒，
有個離婚的女兒，
10:11
because, of course, that would
bring dishonor on the family.
bring dishonor on the family.
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因為，當然，那會讓
這個家庭面子掃地。
這個家庭面子掃地。
10:15
She was beaten so badly
her ears would bleed,
her ears would bleed,
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她被打得很兇，連耳朵都在流血，
10:19
and when she finally left
and she found a young man that she chose
and she found a young man that she chose
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當她終於離開，
她遇到了一個年輕人，
她自己選擇的，
她自己選擇的，
10:24
and she fell in love with,
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她愛上這個年輕人，
10:26
the community and the family found out
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她的社區和家庭發現了，
10:28
and she disappeared.
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然後她消失了。
10:30
She was found three months later.
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三個月後她被找到。
10:33
She'd been stuffed into a suitcase
and buried underneath the house.
and buried underneath the house.
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她被塞在一個行李箱中，
埋在房子下面。
埋在房子下面。
10:40
She had been strangled,
she had been beaten to death
she had been beaten to death
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她被三個男人──都是表兄弟──
勒住、活活打死，
勒住、活活打死，
10:44
by three men, three cousins,
on the orders of her father and uncle.
on the orders of her father and uncle.
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是她的父親與叔叔下的命令。
10:49
The added tragedy of Banaz's story
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芭娜思的故事不只如此，
10:52
is that she had gone to the police
in England five times asking for help,
in England five times asking for help,
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更慘的是，她曾向
英國警察五度尋求協助，
英國警察五度尋求協助，
10:58
telling them that she was
going to be killed by her family.
going to be killed by her family.
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她告訴警察說她的家人要殺她，
11:01
The police didn't believe her
so they didn't do anything.
so they didn't do anything.
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警察不相信她，
所以沒採取任何行動。
所以沒採取任何行動。
11:05
And the problem with this
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這裡的問題是，
11:06
is that not only are so many of our kids
facing these problems
facing these problems
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我們的孩子當中，
有很多人都在面臨這些問題，
有很多人都在面臨這些問題，
11:10
within their families
and within their families' communities,
and within their families' communities,
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在他們自己的家庭中、
在他們家庭的社區中，
在他們家庭的社區中，
11:13
but they're also meeting misunderstandings
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而且他們還會在他們生長的
11:18
and apathy in the countries
that they grow up in.
that they grow up in.
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國家中，遇到誤解和冷淡。
11:23
When their own families betray them,
they look to the rest of us,
they look to the rest of us,
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當他們自己的家庭背叛他們，
他們便仰賴我們其他人，
他們便仰賴我們其他人，
11:28
and when we don't understand,
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當我們不能了解時，
11:30
we lose them.
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我們就會失去他們。
11:33
So while I was making this film,
several people said to me,
several people said to me,
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所以當我在拍這部電影時，
好幾個人跟我說：
好幾個人跟我說：
11:36
"Well, Deeyah, you know,
this is just their culture,
this is just their culture,
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「嗯，狄雅，你知道的，
這就是他們的文化，
這就是他們的文化，
11:38
this is just what those people
do to their kids
do to their kids
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這些人就是這樣對他們的孩子的，
11:41
and we can't really interfere."
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我們無法干涉。」
11:43
I can assure you
being murdered is not my culture.
being murdered is not my culture.
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我可以向你們保證，
被謀殺不是我的文化。
被謀殺不是我的文化。
11:48
You know?
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你們知道嗎？
11:49
And surely people who look like me,
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當然，外表像我這樣的人，
11:51
young women who come
from backgrounds like me,
from backgrounds like me,
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背景與我相似的年輕女子，
11:53
should be subject to the same rights,
the same protections
the same protections
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應該要得到同樣的權利，
受到同樣的保護，
受到同樣的保護，
11:57
as anybody else in our country, why not?
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和我們國家中的其他人
一樣，為什麼不？
一樣，為什麼不？
12:02
So, for my next film,
I wanted to try and understand
I wanted to try and understand
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所以，在我的下一部電影，
我想要試著了解
我想要試著了解
12:07
why some of our young
Muslim kids in Europe
Muslim kids in Europe
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為什麼我們一些在歐洲的回教孩子
12:10
are drawn to extremism and violence.
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會走向極端主義和暴力。
12:12
But with that topic,
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但要做這個主題，
12:14
I also recognized that I was going
to have to face my worst fear:
to have to face my worst fear:
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我也知道我將會要
面對我最深的恐懼：
面對我最深的恐懼：
12:19
the brown men with beards.
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留鬍子的棕色人種。
12:22
The same men, or similar men,
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也就是和那些在我人生大部份時候
12:25
to the ones that have hounded me
for most of my life.
for most of my life.
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都糾纏著我的人一樣或類似的人，
12:29
Men that I've been afraid of
most of my life.
most of my life.
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我人生大部份時候都在害怕的人，
12:32
Men that I've also deeply disliked,
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許多、許多年來我一直都
12:35
for many, many years.
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深深厭惡的人。
12:37
So I spent the next two years
interviewing convicted terrorists,
interviewing convicted terrorists,
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所以我花了接下來兩年的時間，
訪問被定罪的恐怖份子、
訪問被定罪的恐怖份子、
12:41
jihadis and former extremists.
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聖戰士、和前極端份子。
12:43
What I already knew,
what was very obvious already,
what was very obvious already,
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我已經知道的是，
已經非常明顯的是，
已經非常明顯的是，
12:47
was that religion, politics,
Europe's colonial baggage,
Europe's colonial baggage,
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宗教、政治、歐洲的殖民包袱、
12:52
also Western foreign policy
failures of recent years,
failures of recent years,
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以及近年來西方
在外交政策上的失敗，
在外交政策上的失敗，
12:56
were all a part of the picture.
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都是一部份的成因。
12:58
But what I was more interested
in finding out was what are the human,
in finding out was what are the human,
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但我想要了解的是人、
13:01
what are the personal reasons
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個人的原因、
13:03
why some of our young people
are susceptible to groups like this.
are susceptible to groups like this.
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為什麼有些年輕人容易
受到這類團體的影響？
受到這類團體的影響？
13:09
And what really surprised me
was that I found wounded human beings.
was that I found wounded human beings.
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真正讓我驚訝的是，
我找到的是受傷的人類。
我找到的是受傷的人類。
13:15
Instead of the monsters
that I was looking for,
that I was looking for,
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而不是我在尋求、希望找到的怪物。
13:18
that I was hoping to find --
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13:19
quite frankly because
it would have been very satisfying --
it would have been very satisfying --
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非常坦白說，找到怪物
是很讓人滿意的，
是很讓人滿意的，
13:22
I found broken people.
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但我找到的是破碎的人。
13:25
Just like Banaz,
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就像芭娜思，
13:27
I found that these young men
were torn apart
were torn apart
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我發現這些年輕人四分五裂，
13:30
from trying to bridge the gaps
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因為他們試著銜接起
13:32
between their families
and the countries that they were born in.
and the countries that they were born in.
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他們生長家庭與國家之間的裂口。
13:37
And what I also learned
is that extremist groups, terrorist groups
is that extremist groups, terrorist groups
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我也學到，最極端的
團體、恐怖團體，
團體、恐怖團體，
13:41
are taking advantage
of these feelings of our young people
of these feelings of our young people
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在利用我們年輕人的這些感受，
13:44
and channeling that -- cynically --
channeling that toward violence.
channeling that toward violence.
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並無所顧忌地將之導向暴力。
13:48
"Come to us," they say.
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他們說：「來我們這裡。」
13:50
"Reject both sides,
your family and your country
your family and your country
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「拒絕你的家庭和
你的國家，兩邊都拒絕，
你的國家，兩邊都拒絕，
13:53
because they reject you.
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因為它們都拒絕你。
13:54
For your family, their honor
is more important than you
is more important than you
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對你的家人而言，
他們的榮譽比你還重要，
他們的榮譽比你還重要，
13:57
and for your country,
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對你的國家而言，
13:59
a real Norwegian, Brit or a French person
will always be white and never you."
will always be white and never you."
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真正的挪威人、英國人、法國人
永遠都會是白人，不可能會是你。
永遠都會是白人，不可能會是你。
14:06
They're also promising our young people
the things that they crave:
the things that they crave:
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他們也向我們的年輕人保證
能得到他們渴求的東西：
能得到他們渴求的東西：
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significance, heroism,
a sense of belonging and purpose,
a sense of belonging and purpose,
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重要性、英雄主義、歸屬感、目的、
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a community that loves and accepts them.
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一個愛他們且接受他們的社群。
14:17
They make the powerless feel powerful.
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他們讓沒有力量的人
感覺充滿力量，
感覺充滿力量，
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The invisible and the silent
are finally seen and heard.
are finally seen and heard.
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讓不被看見的人、沉默的人，
終於被看見、被聽見。
終於被看見、被聽見。
14:27
This is what they're doing
for our young people.
for our young people.
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這是他們在對我們的年輕人做的事。
14:29
Why are these groups doing this
for our young people and not us?
for our young people and not us?
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為什麼這些團體這麼做的對象
是我們的年輕人而非我們？
是我們的年輕人而非我們？
14:34
The thing is,
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重點是，
14:36
I'm not trying to justify
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我並不是在試著正當化
14:39
or excuse any of the violence.
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任何暴力，或幫它找藉口。
14:43
What I am trying to say
is that we have to understand
is that we have to understand
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我想說的是，我們得要了解，
14:47
why some of our young people
are attracted to this.
are attracted to this.
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為什麼有些我們的年輕人會被吸引。
14:51
I would like to also show you, actually --
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我也想給各位看，其實，
14:54
these are childhood photos
of some of the guys in the film.
of some of the guys in the film.
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這些照片是電影中
一些人小時候的照片，
一些人小時候的照片，
14:59
What really struck me
is that so many of them --
is that so many of them --
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讓我感到震撼的是，這麼多人──
15:02
I never would have thought this --
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我本來根本不可能料到，
15:04
but so many of them
have absent or abusive fathers.
have absent or abusive fathers.
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但是有這麼多人的父親
都不在身邊或會虐待他們，
都不在身邊或會虐待他們，
15:08
And several of these young guys
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這些年輕人中有好幾個，
15:10
ended up finding caring
and compassionate father figures
and compassionate father figures
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最後是在這些極端團體中，
找到如父親般關愛、慈悲的人。
15:14
within these extremist groups.
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15:17
I also found men
brutalized by racist violence,
brutalized by racist violence,
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我也發現有些人
被種族暴力殘酷對待，
被種族暴力殘酷對待，
15:21
but who found a way
to stop feeling like victims
to stop feeling like victims
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為了不再感覺像是受害者，
15:24
by becoming violent themselves.
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他們的方法是讓自己變暴力。
15:25
In fact, I found something,
to my horror, that I recognized.
to my horror, that I recognized.
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事實上，我發現我熟悉的東西，
這讓我感到恐怖。
這讓我感到恐怖。
15:30
I found the same feelings that I felt
as a 17-year-old as I fled from Norway.
as a 17-year-old as I fled from Norway.
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我發現了和我十七歲從挪威逃走時
感受到的同樣感覺，
感受到的同樣感覺，
15:38
The same confusion, the same sorrow,
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同樣的困惑、同樣的悲傷、
15:41
the same feeling of being betrayed
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同樣的被背叛感、
15:46
and not belonging to anyone.
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同樣的沒有歸屬感。
15:50
The same feeling of being lost
and torn between cultures.
and torn between cultures.
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同樣感到自己在文化中
迷失且被撕裂。
迷失且被撕裂。
15:54
Having said that,
I did not choose destruction,
I did not choose destruction,
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雖然這樣說，
但我當時沒有選擇毀滅，
但我當時沒有選擇毀滅，
15:57
I chose to pick up a camera
instead of a gun.
instead of a gun.
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我選擇拿起攝影機而不是槍。
16:00
And the reason I did that
is because of my superpower.
is because of my superpower.
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我會那麼做的理由，
是因為我的超能力，
是因為我的超能力，
16:03
I could see that understanding
is the answer, instead of violence.
is the answer, instead of violence.
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我能夠看到答案
應該是了解，而非暴力。
應該是了解，而非暴力。
16:08
Seeing human beings
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去看見人類，
16:10
with all their virtues and all their flaws
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看見他們所有的美德和瑕疵，
16:13
instead of continuing the caricatures:
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而不是繼續諷刺漫畫式的描述：
16:15
the us and them, the villains and victims.
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我們與他們、壞人與受害者。
16:18
I'd also finally
come to terms with the fact
come to terms with the fact
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我最後也讓自己妥協接受事實，
16:20
that my two cultures
didn't have to be on a collision course
didn't have to be on a collision course
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我的兩種文化不必一定要
在相撞的軌道上，
在相撞的軌道上，
16:24
but instead became a space
where I found my own voice.
where I found my own voice.
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而是變成一個空間，
在那我可以找到我自己的聲音。
在那我可以找到我自己的聲音。
16:27
I stopped feeling
like I had to pick a side,
like I had to pick a side,
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我不再覺得我得要選邊站，
16:30
but this took me many, many years.
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但這花了我很多很多年才做到。
16:33
There are so many
of our young people today
of our young people today
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現今有如此多我們的年輕人
16:35
who are struggling with these same issues,
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為了同樣這些議題在掙扎著，
16:37
and they're struggling with this alone.
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而且他們是孤獨地在掙扎著。
16:41
And this leaves them open like wounds.
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這讓他們的傷口像是打開一樣，
16:44
And for some, the worldview
of radical Islam
of radical Islam
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對一些人而言，伊斯蘭的激進世界觀
16:47
becomes the infection
that festers in these open wounds.
that festers in these open wounds.
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會感染他們的開放傷口且化膿潰爛。
16:53
There's an African proverb that says,
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有句非洲諺語說：
16:57
"If the young are not
initiated into the village,
initiated into the village,
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「如果年輕人沒有加入村落，
17:01
they will burn it down
just to feel its warmth."
just to feel its warmth."
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他們會把村落燒毀，
只為了感受它的溫暖。」
只為了感受它的溫暖。」
17:05
I would like to ask --
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我想要請求──
17:07
to Muslim parents and Muslim communities,
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回教父母和回教社區，
17:10
will you love and care for your children
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你們能否去關愛你們的孩子，
17:12
without forcing them
to meet your expectations?
to meet your expectations?
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不要強迫他們去達成你們的期望？
17:15
Can you choose them instead of your honor?
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你們能否選擇他們
而非你們的榮耀？
而非你們的榮耀？
17:18
Can you understand
why they're so angry and alienated
why they're so angry and alienated
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你們能否了解，為何當你們把
自己的榮耀擺在他們的
自己的榮耀擺在他們的
17:21
when you put your honor
before their happiness?
before their happiness?
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幸福之前時，
他們會如此憤怒和疏遠？
他們會如此憤怒和疏遠？
17:24
Can you try to be a friend to your child
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你們能否試著成為
你們孩子的朋友，
你們孩子的朋友，
17:27
so that they can trust you
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讓他們能信任你們，
17:28
and want to share with you
their experiences,
their experiences,
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想要與你們分享他們的經驗，
17:31
rather than having
to seek it somewhere else?
to seek it somewhere else?
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而不是去其他地方尋求這些？
17:34
And to our young people
tempted by extremism,
tempted by extremism,
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至於我們那些被極端主義
誘惑的年輕人們，
誘惑的年輕人們，
17:38
can you acknowledge
that your rage is fueled by pain?
that your rage is fueled by pain?
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你們能否承認你們的怒火
是因為痛苦而起？
是因為痛苦而起？
17:43
Will you find the strength
to resist those cynical old men
to resist those cynical old men
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你們能否找到力量
來抵抗那些憤世嫉俗的老人，
來抵抗那些憤世嫉俗的老人，
17:47
who want to use your blood
for their own profits?
for their own profits?
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想要利用你們的鮮血
來謀取自身利益的那些老人？
來謀取自身利益的那些老人？
17:51
Can you find a way to live?
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你們能否找到活下去的方式？
17:53
Can you see that the sweetest revenge
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你們能否看見，最甜美的復仇
17:56
is for you to live
a happy, full and free life?
a happy, full and free life?
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其實是你們過著
幸福、圓滿、自由的人生？
幸福、圓滿、自由的人生？
17:59
A life defined by you and nobody else.
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這人生是由你自己
而非他人定義的。
而非他人定義的。
18:02
Why do you want to become
just another dead Muslim kid?
just another dead Muslim kid?
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為什麼你們會想要變成
另一個死掉的回教孩子？
另一個死掉的回教孩子？
18:07
And for the rest of us, when will we start
listening to our young people?
listening to our young people?
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至於我們其他人，我們何時會
開始傾聽我們的年輕人？
開始傾聽我們的年輕人？
18:12
How can we support them
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我們如何支持他們
18:13
in redirecting their pain
into something more constructive?
into something more constructive?
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去把他們的痛苦導向
其他更有建設性的方向？
其他更有建設性的方向？
18:18
They think we don't like them.
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他們認為我們不喜歡他們。
18:20
They think we don't care
what happens to them.
what happens to them.
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他們認為我們不在乎
他們發生什麼事。
他們發生什麼事。
18:23
They think we don't accept them.
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他們認為我們不接受他們。
18:24
Can we find a way
to make them feel differently?
to make them feel differently?
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我們能否找出方法
讓他們有不同的感受？
讓他們有不同的感受？
18:29
What will it take for us
to see them and notice them
to see them and notice them
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要花什麼代價，
才能讓我們在他們變成
才能讓我們在他們變成
18:32
before they become either the victims
or the perpetrators of violence?
or the perpetrators of violence?
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暴力受害者或讓暴力持續的人之前，
就看見他們、注意到他們？
就看見他們、注意到他們？
18:37
Can we make ourselves care about them
and consider them to be our own?
and consider them to be our own?
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我們能否讓我們自己去關心他們、
把他們當成自己人？
把他們當成自己人？
18:40
And not just be outraged when the victims
of violence look like ourselves?
of violence look like ourselves?
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且當暴力受害者看起來
像我們自己時，不要被激怒？
像我們自己時，不要被激怒？
18:45
Can we find a way to reject hatred
and heal the divisions between us?
and heal the divisions between us?
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我們能否找到方法來抵抗仇恨、
治癒我們之間的分化？
治癒我們之間的分化？
18:50
The thing is we cannot afford
to give up on each other or on our kids,
to give up on each other or on our kids,
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重點是，我們承擔不起
放棄彼此或我們的孩子，
放棄彼此或我們的孩子，
18:54
even if they've given up on us.
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即使他們已經放棄我們。
18:56
We are all in this together.
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我們全都不能置身事外。
18:59
And in the long term, revenge and violence
will not work against extremists.
will not work against extremists.
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長期來看，用復仇和暴力
來對抗極端主義份子是不可行的。
來對抗極端主義份子是不可行的。
19:05
Terrorists want us
to huddle in our houses in fear,
to huddle in our houses in fear,
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恐怖主義希望我們恐懼地
蜷縮在我們的房子裡，
蜷縮在我們的房子裡，
19:09
closing our doors and our hearts.
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關上我們的門及我們的心。
19:11
They want us to tear open
more wounds in our societies
more wounds in our societies
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他們希望我們扯開
我們社會中的更多傷口，
我們社會中的更多傷口，
19:15
so that they can use them
to spread their infection more widely.
to spread their infection more widely.
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這樣他們就可以用這些傷口
來把他們的感染散播出去。
來把他們的感染散播出去。
19:18
They want us to become like them:
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他們希望我們變得更像他們一樣：
19:21
intolerant, hateful and cruel.
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不寬容、仇恨、殘酷。
19:26
The day after the Paris attacks,
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巴黎攻擊的隔天，
19:28
a friend of mine
sent this photo of her daughter.
sent this photo of her daughter.
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我的一個朋友把這張照片
寄給她的女兒。
寄給她的女兒。
19:32
This is a white girl and an Arab girl.
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是個白種女孩和阿拉伯女孩。
19:35
They're best friends.
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她們是最好的朋友。
19:37
This image is the kryptonite
for extremists.
for extremists.
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對極端主義者而言，
這張影像就是氪星石。
這張影像就是氪星石。
19:43
These two little girls
with their superpowers
with their superpowers
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這兩個小女孩用她們的超能力，
19:46
are showing the way forward
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展示出向前邁進的道路，
19:47
towards a society
that we need to build together,
that we need to build together,
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通往一個我們需要共創的社會，
19:52
a society that includes and supports,
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能容納和支持，而非拒絕
19:56
rather than rejects our kids.
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我們的孩子的社會。
19:59
Thank you for listening.
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謝謝傾聽。
20:01
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Deeyah Khan - FilmmakerDeeyah Khan is working to create intercultural dialogue and understanding by confronting the world's most complex and controversial topics.
Why you should listen
Deeyah Khan is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary film director and founder of Fuuse, a media and arts company that puts women, people from minorities and third-culture kids at the heart of telling their own stories. In 2016, Khan became the first UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and creativity. She has received many honors for her work supporting freedom of expression, human rights and peace, including the Ossietzky Prize, the University of Oslo's Human Rights Award and the Peer Gynt Prize from the Parliament of Norway.
Born in Norway to immigrant parents of Pashtun and Punjabi ancestry, Khan's experience of living between different cultures, both the beauty and the challenges, shapes her artistic vision. Her 2012 multi-award winning documentary, Banaz: A Love Story, chronicles the life and death of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman murdered by her family in a so-called honor killing. Khan's second film, the Grierson and Bafta award-nominated Jihad, involved two years of interviews and filming with Islamic extremists, convicted terrorists and former jihadis. One of Fuuse's recent initiatives, born of Deeyah’s own experiences, is sister-hood, a digital magazine and series of live events spotlighting the voices of women of Muslim heritage. Khan has also produced a number of critically acclaimed albums, including Listen to the Banned, a compilation that brought together musicians from around the world who have been subject to persecution, 'censorship and imprisonment.
The focus of Khan's work and access to voices that are often overlooked and misunderstood has led to increasing demand as a speaker at international human rights events and platforms including the United Nations. She was described by The Times of London thus: "To say Deeyah Khan is an inspiration is an understatement. She is one of the bravest, most indomitable women … facing down bullies and extremists with intelligence and unflinching spirit."
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