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Potentially forcing them out of business. Dominoes a slew of highprofile sponsors abandon ryan lochte after he lied about the Armed Robbery in rio that never happened. Anchor a twopronged offensive turkey has bombarded the Islamic State group and kurdish groups in syria. Artillery strikes were launched and the shelling comes days after a suicide bombing from a wedding in Southern Turkey which led to more than 50 people dead. Turkey is cracking down on the i. S. And kurdish militias. Lets go to our correspondent in his temple. Ankara says the Islamic State should be completely cleansed from Northern Syria along the board of turkey. But the attacks against the i. S. Are being used as an attack as an opportunity to go after the kurdish groups . Thats right. They are being used as an accused the kurdish government of trying to take over the city itself. That, they have been accused of assassinating a kurdish commander and the position that the syrian kurds are putting forward is not so much that while ankara may say what they are doing, looking to get rid of and isis koren and isis presents. By contrast, the turkish authorities here are telling us that is not the case. They are committed to fighting terrorism wherever they find it at that includes the Islamic State but they also include parts of the Syrian Kurdish including the party that operates in turkey and dominates the Kurdish Forces in syria. We are hearing turkish media reports of the Turkish Military firing across the border into syria in retaliation for shillings on a border town. What more can you tell us . Thats right. There has been another border scuffle further to the west. This is closer to and hear what happened was that there was shelling, some turkish authorities believe this came from authority. Actually went across the border. The military responded with shots of their own. More evidence of just how unstable this is becoming. The problem is that from the turkish perspective they have Hostile Forces that are partially being accused of being too lenient. But theyve taken a much harder tone now. I have is that they have Kurdish Forces who are very hostile towards the government in ankara. And this is firing across the border now, it is evidence of how the civil war is affecting syria. Bringing us up to date with that story that was Tom Stevenson reporting from the assembled. Next, you have the power with a pen and a simple pen stroke to allow humanitarian aid to reach starving residents. Has called for a 48 houour ceasasefire in the syrian cityo get relief to hundreds of thousands of siege people. They are caught in the crossfire. United nations says it is ready to deliver aid in syria to help nearly a quarter of a Million People in the besieged city. They are urging all sides to stop fighting for two days per aid to getow the through. Cracks i cannot stress strongly enough the need for a 48 hour force for fighting to be stopped on all sides so that access is opened to all of them there. I urge all parties in the conflict to heed the call for a cessation. Last week, russia announced a support that the u. S. State Department Said it was unsure whether the russians had stopped carrying out airstrikes on an iranian airbase. We have seen continuing airstrikes in and around aleppo. Whether they are coming from russias bases in syria itself or airbases they are using in iran or other places, it is still only making what is already a difficult situation much worse. Are trapped in the eastern and western areas. Emergency supplies are running low. Many inside the besieged city are paying. Up to 2 Million People are without clean water. It has been estimated that at least 100,000 children are formidable. Children are full herbal. Vulnerable. Are anchor john kerry says the country must a peace deal or b with sanctions and an arms embargo. These comments come after me in nairobi. Violence in the capital has escalated in recent weeks. Brink of a new civil war to fight. Now, they have set up a blockade burning tires and setting fire to pay. A great french farmers are protesting the dairy giant in the western town. They say plunging dairy prices are forcing them to sell their milk at a loss. These are the most high milk at higher than current market prices to keep french agriculture alive. Largest dairy product used in the world 20 of all the milk used in france. Forsold all of his more than three decades. He keeps 80 dairy cows. These days he has been selling his milk at a loss. We are selling at a loss this month. June, july and august. 252 euros. For each ton of milky cells at this price, he loses 68 euros. Farmers are being exploited. They are doing it openly with no scruples. The farmers complain that has slashed the price it pays for milk and refuses to even discuss it. There are no negotiations. It is due as you told. In theory, we cant go against the contract we have signed. Dairy giant says the price it pays is governed by international competition. We are in an International Market in which the price of milk is lower than france. ,e cannot, in an open market have milk prices that are higher in france compared to competitors. The farmers have little room to maneuver. France produces more milk than is required. Soon if they refused the offer, the company can find the milk it needs elsewhere. France is the most visited destination in the world isris is the companys the countrys poster child but it has been quieter than usual. A recent wave of terror attacks and strikes and floods have hit the country which forces tourists to stay away. With 750left them Million Euros out of pocket. Paris. Tourists have given its the cold shoulder. Weigh less evil. I asked my husband, what is going on . I am a tourist. It is beautiful like this. The steps are usually packed with people this time of year. But attacks have put off visitors. I was thinking about, as i was traveling, what if someone planted a bomb . The damage is being felt across all sectors. At the museum they have never seen a downturn like this. And 11 drop in tourists from frome and over 15 drop overseas. This newspaper and souvenir vendor is feeling the absence. We work with h hotels and somoe of them are ordering fewer newspapers than before. The luxury sector is most feeling the pinch. We have had a drop in reservations. There were lots of cancellations after the tragic event. Attacks not just scaring people away. Brexit and strikes have left theres mark. Anchor two days after the rio games wrapped up, olympic athletes have touchdown in paris. Seventh. Finished they brought home 14 gold for a total of 42. This evening they will retreat into a heros welcome with the president inviting them to the palace. They will indulge after months of strict dieting and training. Competing xpot the Paralympic Games in rio next month. That is as punishment for a state sponsored doping program. Was confirmed after throwing out an appeal by the russian delegation. Scandal threatened to overshadow the olympics which wrapped up on sunday with only two thirds of russian athletes cleared to compete. He may be a star swimmer but the sponsors have left him high and dry. Lost a slew of lucrative sponsorship deals after the fallout from a fake robbery scandal continues. He was left redfaced after admitting he lied. The cost of that night out keeps growing for ryan lochte. On monday, four sponsors ended their relationship with the 12 time olympic medal winner. Speedo said, we cannot condone behavior that is counter to the values that this brand has long stood for. As well as studio as well as that andcompany ralph lauren have also decided to end their relationship with the swimmer. The lochte has been at center of criticism for the past week after brazilian Authorities Say he and his fellow swimmers fabricated a story about being robbed. The police claim the four swimmers were drunk and vandalized a petrol station. He has since issued an apology, admitting he exaggerated the story that he does maintain there were guns involved. The guns were pointed out us. Someone came from the gas station to help out. They said we had to make they said we had to pay money. You can call that robbery, extortion or say we had to pay the money for the damage of the poster. I cant say what it was. Committee. Olympic has said they are considering disciplinary action against the swimmers. Right, Business News now. Stephen carroll is here. We are starting here in france where doubt has been cast on the results of a government investigation into carmakers . Its a free french government owned misses details of ault cars. In ren different results in tests been under normal driving conditions. They say discrepancies should be reported. Back in the spotlight over this in missions test. According to the financial times, a fan a france government report omitted significant detail about how cars were able to emit fewer deadly gases when subject to official in emissions testing. Three of the 17 members say Important Information was left out. This is concerning the emissions of nitrogen oxide that can cause severe respiratory issues. A published report did not include the fact that it went into overdrive when the suv was undergoing emissions testing but not during normal driving conditions. This discrepancy is not evidence of cheating software. It was the discovery of such software installed on volkswagen to trick american emissions tests that kicked off the scandal. The french government conducted its own tests. According to the governments illegal, the use of deceit devices has not been proven but the possibility cannot be ruled out. Commission members say they had no evidence that they were using similar devices, arguing only that further investigation should be conducted into why the cars performed differently during testing. With a 20 stake in the carmaker, there are concerns the government may be too lenient. For its part, the company has always denied using software to cheat on tests and says the in theonforms to laws market where they are sold. Anchor staying here in france good news for the economy. A activity in key sectors hit 10 month high in august. Strong growth in services and an increase in factory output. That situation is being reflected across the eurozone. The pmi hit a seven month high. The french Prime Minister reiterated that they will meet the deficit target next year. Be belows deficit will 3 of gdp in 2017 that is required by eu budget rules. Doubt was cast on the target because of increased expenditure on things like defense in the past couple of months. Anchor how are the markets taking the news . The stock market is still are seeing gains across a european markets so some optimism is being taken from the survey. Shares in are down 1. 5 in paris after the story in the financial times. We are keeping an eye on oil prices because we have seen a significant drop in oil prices on monday at that is continuing today. Brent crude is down over 1 . Oil prices are below the 50 barrel limit again. E business headlines volkswagen says it has resolved a dispute with suppliers that has halted production. Stopped providing parts to the carmaker after they canceled a major order. Details have not been revealed but normal production is expected to resume shortly. The president of the Ridesharing Company lyft says they are not seeking a buyer. He said recent reports has mischaracterize the situation. He declined to, it on any that said theys were in communication with General Motors and uber. His handnt is turning to investing. He launched a 100 million Capital Venture fund project on monday. He will seek to invest in media, technology and data companies. We may have passed a peak in the popularity of pokemon go . Not a fan . Anchor no. [laughter] it has been a phenomenon. They have helped nintendo share prices by adding more than 7 billion to the companys value. Data analyzed has shown the number of users playing the game and the time they are spending on the mobile app has passed the peak. The daily users is now hovering around 30 million, down from 45 million. One of those is my husband. Im quite pleased. Thank you very much for that. That was the business roundup. Time now for the press review. Anchor i am joined in the studio now by florence. Lots of focus on yesterdays ,eeting between Angela Merkel the eunt hollande and biggest countries are showing a united front in the wake of brexit. The meeting comes at a symbolic time. Almost exactly two months after the brexit vote. Lets take a look at the front page of the wall street journal. A tested europe shows a united front. And that photo is on the front page of a lot of papers. This is a german paper which is angelag on the role that merkel is playing in this. She is leading the way, launching the europe initiative, calling for a change of course. The eu is facing serious Uncharted Waters without written and there is an interesting analysis piece in the guardian. They say european leaders are at a loss when it comes to what is next for the. They are struggling to connect vision and reality and are facing a lot of pressure because if they dont convince people, there could be a brexit situation in other countries. To the germango press and an alarming article. Thats right. The title says if you are chairman, start buying canned vegetables. On agot their hands document called the concept for civil defense. In eight, the German Government recommends citizens stockpile food and water in their homes in case of a terror attack or some sort of catastrophe. In this document, germans are encouraged to stock enough food for 10 days, water for five days. It is quite alarming and many people are wondering, what is the deal . Set to be discussed in the Cabinet Meeting on wednesday and then presented to the public but a lot of papers are wondering what is going to happen. Anchor scary stuff. One man is in the spotlight. Nicholas sarkozy has come back. He is throwing his hat into the ring for the french presidency not really a surprise to many of us. Wondering when it was going to happen. What is surprising by the way he did it. But he a book that is coming up you can read about it here where he explains exactly why he has decided to become a candidate again. Anchor he lays out the key points of his political program. Focuses on National Identity. Thats right. A key point of the program. You can get all of the details you can see this glowing article. This comesect back on the proposals about National Identity that might be shocking to people. Jumping right into the whole burqa debate that we are having in france. The idea that he wants to reinforce the ban on headscarves. Economy, there also were some controversial proposals. Hournts to end the 35 workweek. They have glowing words for him in the editorial. Takes a lot to run again. Especially after he admitted such a huge defeat. Perhaps he is hoping to make a comeback . But theyre not even sure if it is going to work. So it takes a lot of guts to do that. They applaud him for putting forward this courageous project. He has put all of the cards on the table. Anchor several papers areanchor pointing out that sarkozy is still in a lot of hot water with legal problems. And that could scuff or his plans. Thats right. Taking a closer look at the legal woes he is under for more investigation in two serious cases. One involving influence peddling ofe other of shem shady campaign financing. So it is him in a unique position. We have never seen a candidate with the legal problems following him but a lot of papers point out it might not stop him. The worstt page says is he might actually win. They say if he keeps surfing on the program of fear that he is putting forward, exploiting the current tensions, he might win the election. One last word about the book, social media had a real field day. Lets point out the best bits. He decide to write with a red t at the end . There were all sorts of making fun of things. This is a way of talking about a dog in france. Cups dog is snowy some people are hoping he will run for president. Anchor a dog for president . Well, he is cute. Thank you so much for that. Get morent to permission, go to our website at france 24. Com. More news is coming up. Qwueeewep 1 xxxxxx announcer this is a production of China Central televisision america. Lee even though its 2016, Girls Education around the world is still a pressing problem. But some people are takiking matters i into their on hands. Theyre using social entrepreneurship, opening up access to technology, and providing connections with female role models. This week on full frame, conversations with people who are committed to providing an education for girls and women no matter what their circumstance. Im may lee in los angeles. Lets take it full frame. Born in tehran, Shohreh Aghdashloo began her career acting in iranian films in the 1970s. After leaving iran, shohreh moved to the uk, where she began a promising career as a journalist. Eventually, she immigrated to the united states, moving to los angeles and returning to her first love, acting. And she made a very good choice. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won an emmy as well as several other awards. She starred in more than 25 films and currently plays the lead role in an american tv series on syfy network called the expanse. Shohreh thats another thing. I want evevery martianan weapons fafacility undnder a microscope. Man they are. You know, your belter wilill like graravity ona betttter. Shohreh thats the only thing hell like. Im afraid for him. Man heaven help your enemies, chrisjen. Shohrereh heaven help us alallf mamars and t b belt cidede to share a otothbrush. Bobold move, ill give him that. Man why . Shohreh the cold war is over. This is something new. Lee recently, shohr s starr alongside rgrgan femanan a clive enen in e fifilmlast ightht and shshe haa starring rolinin thepcomomin feature filmththe prise,e, whicich buts thiyear. Ww ofscreen, ohreh suorts mother miracle, a Nonprofit Organization in india that works to improve theheuality of life for children and families by providing a chance at quality education. Here to sharare her story about her amazing career and to tell us more about mother miracle is Shohreh Aghdashloo. Welcome to the show. Thank you so much for being here. Shohreh oh, youre so kind. Thank you so much for having me. Lee and, i mean, lets be straight here. You have had an amazing acting career so far. Youve won an emmy award, nominated for an Academy Award, multiple other awards. You can stop here and be really good, but is it still fresh to you and new to you and exciting to you . Shohreh it is always fresh, new, and exciting. Im learning like a good teacher. Lee yeah. Shohreh i used to tell my mother thatwhich one of my teachers was the best . And my mother would ask me, why do you think this is thethat she is the best . And i said, because she keeps studying when she goes home. Its not like that she knows everything now and shes trying to teach it to us. Lee right. Shohreh every time she goes home, she studies herself to make sure what she is teaching us is. Lee and you appreciated that even then. Shohreh absolutely. Lee the idea of continuing education. Shohreh absolutely. Especially in this business, in my business. Lee yeah. Shohreh its like an ocean. The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know about this business. Lee wow. Well, for you, though, because you grew up in iran with traditional parents. Shohreh yes. Lee probably wanted you to do something much more traditional, conventional, right . Like most parents want their kids to do. Shohreh modern thinking, yes. Lee something safe. Shohreh my mother would have loved for me to wear ashe said it, why on earth dont you become a secretary, wear a nice st. Laurent or cartier scarf, and a nice cartierdrive to your work every morning and come home early . Why do you have to do this and work until 4 a. M. . And im like, ma, i love my profession. Lee right. So when did you know that you had this acting bug . Shohreh 16. Lee ok. So young. Shohreh i was already acting. Lee right. Shohreh for the members for the family. Lee oh, ok. Shohreh i started when i was 7. I would mock my family beautifully. The way that my uncle asked my mothercalled my mother and said, ask shohreh to stop it. I dont like it when shohreh. Lelee oh, really . Shohreh and my mother told me and said, why do you think is that . I said, cause i do a good job. Lee yes. Shohreh andbut i didnt know it was acting. Lee huh. Shohreh we were at the caspian sea with my cousins. Lee ok. Shohreh they used to live there. Its in my book, in my memoir. Beautiful, beautiful part of my life. And one afternoon, we decided to go and watchand see gone with the wind. Lee oh. Shohreh what hadrecently, came to theto the theaters in the caspian sea. Lee you must have been blown away. Shohreh after the movie, i came out, i told my mother, i am becoming an actress no matter what. And she saidshe looked at me and she said, nonenot under our roof. Lee oh, no shohreh and she was right. Lee really . Shohreh they didnt allow me. Lee yeah, so you had to kind ofnot really sneak around, but you did things that shohreh no. But i really liked the man whom i married. Lee yeah. Shohreh he was an artist. He was a painter. He has studied in switzerland and france, very modern thinking. And i knew he was gonna let me do it. Lee yeah. Shohreh and i asked him, i didnt fool him. I didnt marry him first and then ask him. Lee right. And he was really supportive, wasnt he . Shohreh he was. As soon as i saidi said, do you mind if i become an actress after we get married . And he goes, hmm, i dont see why not. And, when would you like to marry me . Lee i have toi have to stop for a second right here becauseand just talk about your voice. You have the most amazing, exotic, like, unique voice. I thought i had a deep voice, but yours, it just puts mine to shame. Shohreh thank you. Lee has that been an advantage to you or has it shohreh yes, especially in theater. Lee yeah. Shohreh my mother has the same voice but shes not. Lee does she . Shohreh shes not happy with it. Lee oh. Shohreh she was never happy with it because when people call home they were like, hello mr. Vaziri, she would say, this is mrs. Lee oh, no shohreh she had to. But i dont like to correct people. I love it when they take me for a sir. Lee because when i was growing up, i had a low voice as a kid and my mom hated it, because itsit wasnt feminine enough and she would always try to change my voice, say, makespeak like this, a little more like this. Im like no. Shohreh use your head voice. I know. Ive heard that. Ive heard that. Lelee oh, my god. Shohreh ok, here dont laugh too hard lee yeah. Shohreh because, you know, when you have a thick voicemy mother when were going to the parties, oh, you dont look presentable. You dont look right. What is this hair . And by the way, please dont laugh loud. Lee oh, my god. Shohreh justyou know, you have a thick voice, and im like, yes, i do know. Dont worry. Lee it sounds like you didnt really listen to your mom so much there. You kind of just did your own thing. Shohreh never. I did my own thing. Lee which is awhich is. Shohreh its just the generation. Lee but thethats whyits a good decision that you did because youve been so successful. And what i love about the roles that youve taken over the years is that youve been very bold and courageous in the roles that youve taken, and theyre very diverse. Shohreh im very choosy. Lee sometimes controversial though, right . Shohreh yes. Lee sometetimes you choose e se controversial shohreh purposely. Lee yeah. Shshohreh eveven controversiai. Lee e yeah. Ne o of them beieing 24. Shohrereh 24. Yes. Lee right. Great series. Huge hit shohreh yes. Lee that series was, but you played a middle eastern terrorist. Shohreh yes. Lee and some people criticize you for doing that. Shohreh they did. Some did. Lee but you totally disagree with their take, right . They were different. Shohreh i did because my point was the fact that im an actor. Lee mmhmm. Shohreh and i gave an arm and a leg for a complex character like her. Lee right. Shohreh she was a mother, a lover, a woman, a believer, a follower. I mean, layer after layer after layer, and the way the brilliant writers of the 24 lee yeah. Shohreh wrote these pieces she started revealing throughout the season. It wasnt like at the very beginning, or she makes the arc in the middle. It was very smooth. Lee mmhmm. Shohreh they have amazing writers. Lee yeah. Uhhuh. Shohreh and very smoothly, she wasshe revealed herself throughout. And this is an amazing role lee uhhmm. Yeah. Shohreh which every actor, again, would give an arm and a leg for. Lee sure. Shohreh that was my answer to them. That, and also the fact that there werent any iranian names under terrorist lists. Lee right. Shohreh and i said, do you see any iranian names . And i dont understand why every time im good for a role, to portray this role, i look better than my fellow american or, you know, fellow actor whos blonde. Why does itwhy, all of a sudden, it is considered as a stereotype . Lee mmm. Shohreh cause i truly believe that if im good in doing this, i should do it. Lee right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Why not . Shohreh its not a stereotype if iif im good in doing this. Lee but i guess in a respectable way shohreh its not typecast anymore. Lee to a certain extent. Yeah. Whati think its. Shohreh its about acting. Its about quality. Lee but boy, it must be so challenging though because of the politics and the issues and the cultural issues. Shohreh it is. Lee and social issues to be able to try and marry all of that into a role and do it well and have people believe you, right . T thatswelell, thats acting. Thats a gogood actor. Shohreh t the acting, you know, so the politics surround it. Lee right. Right. Shohreh what you have to be careful of. Lee well this, again, also about you is that youre very vocal about various issues, world issues, current events, politics, and i love it when i see highprofile people, celebrities, vips who use thattheir platform, their fame to be able to talk about issues that are important and, you know, educate the public that way. Thats really important to you, isnt it . Shohreh absolutely. The platform which you beautifully refer to is the essence of my work. I started it in the uk, london. Hyde park. Right after i migrated to london, drove to london, drove myself to london from tehran to london, havingi had to go through istanbul, yugoslavia, italy, south of france. Lee how long did that take you . Shohreh got12 days. Lee wow. Ok. Shohreh got myself to london and started studyingwent to hyde park corner, Speakers Corner lee mmhmm. Shohreh saw people standing on boxes, fruit boxes, giving speeches, talking politics. And i said, everybody can do that . And my friend said, yes, of course. Whoever would like to talk, theyall they need to do to bring a box with them. As of then, i took a box with me for a couple of weeks, stood on the box. Lee did you . Shohreh and started. Lee wow. Shohreh its in the book. Started talking about iran and what was going on in iran and all the injustices, and the fact that thousands of people are now being displaced and. Lee yeah. Shohreh so it started with that platform. Lee and you continued that. Shohreh and it continued lee yeah. Shohreh and every time it got bigger, they gave me an inch, i took a yard. Lee oh, good for you shohreh becauseyeah. Because i was in a hurry. Lee right. Shohreh and i wantedand i really meant it. It wasnt like i was trying to make myself famous ori wasnt trying to become rich. In fact, every time i give classes, free classes to underprivileged children only. The first thing i say, when i walk into the class i say, if youre here for fame and fortune, youre in the wrong class. I didnt start it that way. Lee right. Right. Right. Yeah. Shohreh because you want to be useful to your people. Lee yes. Exactly. And but in shohreh thats why i need that platform. Lee with purpose, right . With genuine purpose. Shohreh genuine. Lee you know, speaking of another platform, and its a Current Issue right now in hollywood, the whole controversy over lack of diversity, right . Were hearing a lot about that in films and televisionmore in films than on tv. I think tv is doing a little bit better job, but when it comes to minorities, when it comes to womenand youre dealing with both. Youre both. You represent both. What are your thoughts on what the Current Situation is like in hollywood . Shohreh hollywood or the american Film Industry in general, all industries are about numbers. Lee yeah. Shohreh its not about gender. Lee yeah. Shohreh its not about you and me. Its not about the color of my skin. Its about how much you and i make. How many followers do we have . When we make films, how much does it sell here in the united states, 20, 25 million . When it hits the far east, 370 million. Lee right. Shohreh let me pay you 20 million so i can take you to the far east and make 300 million. Lee but doyou really dontyou dont think that it has s to do o with gender and ethnicity at all . Shohreh not anymore. Lee really . Shohreh people dont have time for that. And all the luxury lee but dont you think theyre stilldont you think theres still a fear, a conservative mentality thinking that if we go this route with a minority or a female lead then, oh, were taking a risk. Shohreh no. No. Lee were taking a risk. Shohreh no. Then its ait wouldit may sound like theres a Conspiracy Theory here. Lee hmm, you dont think so . Shohreh there isnt. This is the american Film Industry. Mainstream. Its not about me. Its not about the immigrants. It involves me in beautiful ways. It talks about me and, i mean, people like me, but its not about me. Its the american main Film Industry. Lee yeah. Yeah. Shohreh sometimes im in it, sometimes im not in it. Sometimes i do a good job, so im nominated. Sometimes, imi havent even done anything. I remember, i met with this gentleman at universal once. Really nice man. He waswe were passing through the corridor. He looked at me from far away and he said, woman, you know, how to choose your roles. I said, sir, believe me, i do. I pick them up with a pair of tweezers. And he goes, why dont you come around . We missed you once, we wanna give you the oscar. You know, and i said, i dont have any materials to come around. I havent done anything. Lee right. But. Shohreh worthy of the academy. Lee right, but is that a part problem that theres not enough of those materials, theres not enoughthe roles being created . Shohreh this isno. No, its not even. Lee well, not for you right now cause you are busy shohreh not evennot even when i wasnt working for two years. Lee ok. Shohreh industry didnt have any job for me. Lee yeah. Another passion of yours is mother miracle. Shohreh i love mother miracle. Lee now, tell me a little bit about what they do and why you decided to become involved. Shohreh i amive sponsored kids since i first saw oprahs, uh, early afternoon show. Lee mmhmm. Shohreh it was 27 or 28 years ago. Lee ok. Shohreh she was asking us to join world vision. And she was showing us these hungry kids and, you know, with deformed faces and stuff asking us to help them. And i started crying. Lee mmm. Shohreh i was pregnant. And i started crying, watching this program. And as though it was talking to me, she looked at meshe looked into the camera and she said, dont cry. Pick up the phone. Lee oh, she did . Shohreh pick up the phone lee oh, shes. Right. Shohreh and get one of these kids. Sponsor one of these kids. Lee and you did. Shohreh i started then. Lee really . Ok. Shohreh but then one of my best friends, shahlachildhood friendswent to india, year 2000. She came back, she was, you know, rich. She had a Beautiful House in san rafael, we called it shahlas castle. Sold that onesold a couple of properties, went back to india, started mother miracle. Lee oh, wow. Shohreh educate underprivileged, poor children lee right. Shohreh who live in slum areas. She now has 257. Lee wow. Shohreh 8 of them are mine. Lee oh, my gosh shohreh yeah. Lee so what has that experience been like for you, sponsoring children . What has that done for yoyou . Because, you know, they always say, you give shohreh [coughs] im sorry. Lee when you give, you get more back than you ever thought you would, right . That idea of giving. You get so much out of that. Shohreh its so true, tenfold. God will give you back tenfold. Its unbelievable. Its very rewarding. Lee mmm. Shohreh its very heartwarming, knowing that there are other people, you know, in another place of the worldin the other half who are depending on you. Lee right. Shohreh and youre helping them out to become somebody in this life. My eldest sponsored child, whose name is monta, is now a nurse. Lee wow. Shohreh she turned a nurse a couple of months ago. And thank god for that, because last month, her father, who was a bricklayer, fall off a scaffolding. Lee oh, no. Shohreh he cannot work now, and monta is paying for the whole family, 6 members of the family. Shes a nurse and she makes lee so thats got tothats got to be so rewarding for you to see that. Shohreh thats. Lee yeah. Shohreh that brings me, you know, the smile that i wear every morning. People keep telling mebecause i always smile, no matter what. I wake up and im like, good morning. What are youmyespecially my husband is like, what are you so happy about . Im like, im healthy, i have a job, and sun is out, its beautiful. No bad news so far, so im happy. Lee well, you should be smilining for a lot t of reans because yoarare a busy lady when it comes to working. Shohreh e exactly. Lee you know, you have a lot of jobs going on. Right now, one of your roles is in the expanse. Shohreh yes. I love this show. Lee which is the syfy tv series. Shohreh its a Strong Female role. Lee i was just gonna say. Shohreh because people keep asking me. Lee yeah. So you play this Strong Political leader. This is, you know, obviously 200 years ahead in the future, right . When the solar system is colonized. So what is that like for you to play this hardcore, powerful w woman . Shohohreh this s is the ultimi. Lee is it . Shohreh i thinkno, i thinkim thinking, can any other, sort of, portrayals of other characters top this . No. Lee really . Shohreh she isfirst off, 200 years from now, she is under deputy secretary of the united nations, but her knowledge exceeds her title. Lee ok. She knows everybodys names at the un. Apparently, this is athis is somethinga gift that people have, that you remember everybodys names, you know. She knows everybodys profile, psychological backgrounds, pay rates. She even knows who is sleeping with whom. I mean, shes amazing. Shes a master manipulator. Lee oh. Shohreh and so powerful and amazing, sheand also, you know, shes a woman and shes from far, far, far east or never, neverland. And. Lee right. I can tell you love this role. Shohreh love it. Lee youre so excited just talking about it. Shohreh yeah, because thei can create her from scratch. Lee right. Boy, you haveyou are one lucky lady. You have had some Great Projects going on. So whats next for you . Shohreh welell, nextrigight , im reading a book on tape, you know, i doi do books as well. Lee yeah. Shohreh which im very, very proud. Lee well, with that voice of yours, you should. Shohreh thank you. Im very proud and i would like to announce it. Im reading a nobel peacprize winners s book lee o shreh ms. Shirin adadi fr iran. Obvislsly, s in englh. H. also worki on two lms right now. Unfortunately, you know, the kind of films i work on, i cant talk about the subject matter. Lee ok. Shohreh but i can tell you, one is light comedy. Its my first light comedy, which i loved, and i want to do it because i want to prove to my audiencenot only m my audienc, but also the producers who are working with me, who would like to work with me, that i can do comedy for christs sake. Just dont give me tragedies lee ha ha ok. Shohreh and dramas. But the other one is again a very, sort of, political, pretty serious, and its devastating. But its a story that has to be told. Lee mmm. Well, it sounds like you are justactionpacked days ahead for you and now and just going forward. And of course, the work with mother miracle. Thank you so much for coming in. It was a pleasure talking to you. Shohreh thank you so much f for having m lee all right. We s see you again. Shohreh likewise. Really enjoyed this. Lee thank you. Thank you. Shohreh thank you. It feels like home. Lee i know. Well, we try to make it home for everyone. Shohreh love it. Lee but thank you so much. And well see you soon, i hope. Shohreh absolutely. Lee all right. Shohreh i would love to. Lee well, coming up, educating and empowering girls in afghanistan by teaching them to code. Yeah, were talking about computer coding. That story when we come back. In 2015, fereshte forough founded code to inspire, a Nonprofit Organization committed to educating female students in afghanistan by teaching them how to code. Fereshte says shes on a mission to empower young women in afghanistan by improving their technical literacy. Now, to achieve this, code to inspire provides a safe and secure place where women can learn, increase their confidence and selfesteem, and gain marketable skills. Fereshte also cofounded and served on the board of the womens annex foundation, an Organization Established to financially empower women and children in central asia. Now, she hopes code to inspire will serve as a launching pad for afghan women to explore and excel in both entrepreneurship and technical innovation. Joining us now from new york city is fereshte forough. Welcome to the show. So glad to have you here. Fereshte thank you. Pleasure to be here. Lee well, lets talk about education in afghanistan. You know, in the past, obviously, weve all known that its been very tough especially for girls and women, but i know that things have improved. Tell me about how things have changed for the better. Fereshte during the taliban, only 900,000 students were at schools with zero participation women lee wow. Fefereshte in education and in workforce. But one decade after that, right now, we ha around 9 million ududentsn afghanistan at 42 oththem, its 4 mimiion of them arwowomen and girls. Andhis is auguge acmplishshme. We dhave 4 misters, wen minister out of 2 28 of rliamenteat acally belg to wom. So we did lot of progress. O o i think we had auge e imovement in ce of not oy educatn, but al in heal sector, i econy, and eeciallwomens participion in wkforce lee nd thats aming, reshte, at yore sing at this haened in e last decade rlly, but2 participatn of gir and wom in edudution is nowhatths anncredible statisti well, y have sothing too with tt, and urebviously tryinto push that forrd. Lets talkbout code to spire. Ts is tryingyoure trying to bridge that education gap but youre also trying to get more girls into coding. Which again, we said this at the beginning of the interview, that is not easy for anyone. So whats the mission here on your part . Fereshte sure. So i founded code to inspire in january 2015 and the reason that i founded is that as aas a woman who was really involved in technology, as a student, as a Computer Science student, and when i became a mentor in my faculty, and then when i went back after i mastered and i taught as a Computer Science professor for almost 3 years in Computer Science faculty, i saw a lot of challenges especially for women in tech. Definitely in case of looking at the tech market in afghanistan, its not a huge market for women. And if a women wants to find a job employment especially in technology, again, the culture issues, the social barriers the safety security, all these reasons make the women not to be able to travel from one city to another city. Not a lot of family allow their daughter to travel from one place to another place because of the security. Some, they cantthey cant afford the financial situation to pay, for example, the tickets for their daughter to travel by plane because she cant get the road and its unsafe. Lee right. Fereshte so, on november 2015, wewith code to inspire actually, we established the very first coding school for girls in afghanistan. So, we are going to build afghanistan 2. 0 by teaching girls how to code. And we have right now 50 girls in our coding school from high school to Computer Science backgrounds, and we teach them different classes which is websitite designing, html, css, to more ad ones which is mobile application development. Lee fereshte, you know, you mentioned a little bit of the cultural differences and the traditions that i think probably get in the way sometimes with especially things like Computer Science and coding. Probably traditionanalists are resistant to the idea of girls and women doing this, and they actually want to push back. Have you dealt with that and how do you continue to deal with that kind of resistance . Fereshte sure. So the most important thing for womens job employment and education in afghanistan is the security concerns and also the traditional issues. Majority of the families, they prefer their daughter to become a teacher. Why to become a teacher . Because its a wellrespected job in the society, you get paid, and you only deal with women. But with code to inspire, what is really our mission to empower women with education and technology and to make them financially independent is that, right now in this world, the only thing you need is a computer and inteternet connectionsns. So, with that two things, you can do a lot of works online without even traveling. So once the family, which a lot of them actually, they have the approach of internet and looking at internet, oh, internet . Its a devil, like, they think if you come online, its just like youyoure not a good person. But once we tell them that, no, actually with a computer and an internet, your daughter can find a job online and can make money and not only support herself but also the family, then the people and the community become more willing to support your cause and send your daughter to a center. Lee i know though that your intention also with code to inspire and all the other organizations youre involved with, you want to be able to advance education and to allow these girls and women to move forward, but you also want them to hang onto traditions, too, right . So its that bridging of culture, tradition, but also modernization. Fereshte yeah, because, again, coming from afghanistan, its a country which is veryhas a very maledominated culture and sometimes the e families whenn ain rural places like villages they dont like that their daughter even become educated. Forget about it if they wanna learn computer and coding. So thatso it was a reason that i established code to inspire as a place that its a very safe, secure environment, so we provided only for women and girls so they come to our coding school and they have their mentors, so they feel more comfortable in this educational environment that theres only girls. And the family are going to be happy that they send their daughter to a place which is only for the girls. So we just try to have the support of local community as much as we can because our success is actually in the hand of the support and in the hand of the support of the local community for sure. Lee fereshte, i think whats really fascinating about what you also are doing is youre advocating the idea of digital currenency, right, and the use f digital currency. Thats a very advanced kind of idea and thats not even being adopted really by the western world too much at this point. Why did you decide to do this in afghanistan already . Fereshte sure. So, majority of the people are unbanked in afghanistan which definitely a lot of women are unbanked. Majority of the transactions are cashbased and because of the weak financial infrastructure that we have and also ecommerce, we dont have these culture of using credit cards. Lee right. Fereshte and also, on the other hand, a lot of people, they dontrtrust e babank so morority thehe pple, t ty put thr r monein c casby themlvlves. D ababouthe women, againbebecausif, as woman, i wan g go ancashsh o some mon, and st o of e time, lot of fililies,heyy want you to w with male cocompanion,o you cant sisily travel byoyourse. Lee rig. Fereshte sohahats a a litation for u. And a o of the isissu de me tohink aboutok, thk about men, thi about a loof peoplwho are splaced and th dont have documentto show thbanks and theyancreate bank account. , with bcoin, which is crypturrency or gital currcy whiche call it ch over iernet. 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One aspect is the educational aspects of code to inspire that we want to encourage the girls to become interested to Computer Science, so we try to eliminate the gender gap and increase the number of women in tech. The other aspect is entrepreneurship aspect. We try to help the girls to be an entrepreneur, to be creative, come outcome up with their own idea and develop any products they want and we help them to introduce it to the market. But also, one of our ultimate goals and important goal is that to find job employment for them. Again, this is a very important issue that majority of the women in afghanistan, they have a lot of challenges, job opportunity. We want to creategive them these certain skills that they feel comfortable to apply to any job online, and they can work as freelance online and get paid online. Lee thats fantastic. Fereshte forough, thank you so much for sharing your story. Its incredible work youre doing over there. So keep up the great work. Fereshte thank you very much. Thank you very much for having me. Thank you. Lee youre welcome. Well, coming up next, could the cell phone because the classroom of the future . Youll find out. Stay right there. According to the united nations, as of 2013, 6 billion of the worlds 7 billion people have access to cell phones. Now, thats more than the number of people who have access to toilets around the world. Mobile phones have not only revolutionized the way we communicate. In many classrooms around the globe, mobile technologies are increasing the power of learning. Scott himelstein and steve vosloo know firsthand how these technologies are impacting education and improving learning opportunities. Scott is the director of the university of San Diego Center for education policy and law and mobile Technology Learning center. Steve is an expert in mobile learning with the specialization and information and Communication Technologies in developing countries. Now, in 2009, he launched the m4lit or mobiles for literacy project. It demonstrates the potential of mobile publishing to support teen reading and writiting in S South Africa and kenya. Steve currently serves as head of mobile at pearson, south africa where hes responsible for setting ththe compananys mobile learning strategy and delivering key projects. Scott himelstein is here with us in the studio and joining us from cape town via satellite is steve vosloo. Welcome to you both. Thank you so much for being here. Scott thank you. Steve t thanks very much. Lee now s steve, let me begin with you. The number i just shared, 6 billion people worldwide have access to cell phones. That is a staggering figure. You have been quoted as sayingim gonna read this mobile e learning i is no longn innovation with an institutional learning but a reflection of the world in which institutional learning takes place. What do you mean by that . Steve well, absolutely, you know, the way that mobile technologies have been taken up is really staggering, as you said. Its unprecedented that the world is so connected and can so easily cocommunicate and socialize and do business and learn. And whats interesting with mobile learning is ththat because mobile technologies were taken up really by people outside of the 4 walls of the classroom, now, for the first time, the Education System, which is usually quite resistant to change and quite slow to change is catching upp and realizing g the potential of having learners and students and teachers connected and having access to information. And its almost trying to retrofit how we teach and how we learn i in this new and connected world. Lee thats so interesting, scott, isnt it . The idea that were trying to retrofit and try to piece together and schools are a little bit behind from what the rest of the world is doing with technology. Scott exactly. So we are workingour mobile Technology Center are working with many districts here in Southern California and across the nation. And probably the most interesting thing weve found is that our students are entering the schoolhouse doors knowing how to learn through mobile Technology Lee right. Scott whether its through videogames, their mom or dads phones, some kind of device they expect to learn this way. And its our School Systems that are now trying to catch up because many of those School Systems contain teachers that are ststill there from when you and i went to school. Lee right. We didnt have computers back then. Scott right. And some of them adapt to technology very well, some a little bit, and some dont want anything to do with it. Lee right. Scott so its a herculean effort to try to get these systems to catch up. Lee thats so interesting to try to bridge that huge gap. You dont really think about it until you see a system thats so antiquated scott yeah. Lee as the School System vevers the outside world. Steve, youre obviously working in south africa a k kenya, as i i mentioned inin the intro. What are you seeing in those communities when it comes to mobile learning because heres a system where, really, theyre sort of jumping over the gap, arent they, in many ways . Steve in many ways, they are, and i think that what everybody is beginning t to see is the massive potential for technology to support education. So in many countries arouound the world and especicially in developing countries, we know that Education Systems are under immense pressure. There arent enenough teachers. There often arent access to textbooks. There are learners in large classes, 70 or 80 students in a class. S. And so how can n we strengthen the Education System to help it develop and help it to serve and to operate most efficiently in thosese very constrained environments . Lee rightht. Steve so, we see it across the board, across assessment, across providing access to information and to content, and also really connecting people who otherwise have not been connected. So whether its teachers who are in rural schools, who, for the first time, ininstead of being isolated, can now talk to other teachers, even v via facebook or via whatsapp and share resources and support each other. So we see it acrossweve s seen the impact of mobile technologies across a wide range of, kind ofof points within the Education System. Lee steve, whatat about somethg even more basic than that in terms of just being able to reach kids in areas where normally they might not even be able to get to school because of geographic challenges . Steve well, absolutely, you know, obviously mobile technology, as you said earlier, especially in africa has totally leapfrogged traditional technologies of landlines. Lee right. Steve so for example, in nigeria, 27 of the population now owns s smartone,e, a therere are 15illion mththly aivee users on facebook. Inigeria, 1 of housolds hav ahave a ndndlineelephone so theyvevemole t tecologyy has kind of enened uneww conntition oortutunies thaha wert ssibibleefore,e,nd so by being able to rea p peopl in a new w, you n dedelir content and yocacan al intera with th. Lee right. Right. Steve i must just say, though, that its not allit doesnttit doesnt mean that theres a level Playing Field now. There also are a lot of people that are disconnectct, and much of the Technology Uptake has been in, um, urban centers. So, a lot of worork still nenees to take place to get Rural Communities connected, um, and to get good, sustainable, scalable, and robust, you know, Internet Connectivity to them. Lee scott, theits a veryry different story obviously here in the u. S. I mean, everyones connected. Every kid seem to haveseems to have a mobile phone or some sort of computer device, right . Scott right. Lee so, what are the challenges for you in terms of trying to push the mobile learning . We talked earlier about the fact that schools need to catch up. But i got toi got to be honest, when i hear about stuff like this, im like, its a great idea but is thiscould this be detrimental because kids are already so addicted to their gadgets, they might not use it for that purpose of educucation but rather just having fun . Scott well, look, some of the time, they arent gonna be using it for educational purpose. I mean, thats a good thing lee yeah. Scott right . I mean, theres a lot of fun with devices. Theres awe want kids to explore, create things. So thats not all bad. Id say some of the challenges are, while districts are in the process of catching up, building their infrastructure, in a recent survey, about 80 of the superintendents across the countrtry were very concncerned about equity of access to the internet at home, away from school. Lee oh. Scott so, maybe not everydydy s the type of brdbdband access th we would like. Me paparents, due to economic reasons, worry about the cost of data plans. Lee sure. Scott so theres some challenges there. How are we gonna make up for that gap . Lee i was actuyeah. Scott out of school, right . Lee thats true. Because i was gonna ask you about the issues of infrastructure. Right . About broadband, about data plans, about costs. I mean, we still have those issues here in the united states, too. Sometimes, the system doesnt work. We make fun of it. Can you hear me now . Can you hear me now . Yeah. So with those types of issues scott right. So lee youve got to address that. Scott right. Absolutely. And look at, you know, our School Systems across the country. We have many classrooms that are 40 and 50 years old that actually cant carry the kind of pipes that you need lee oh. Scott to get the broadband access. Lee sure. Makes sense. Scott so this is about Financing School construction, building classrooms that can use mobile technology efficiently, and then asking ourselves the question, if we expect this of our children, do we have a dutuy to provide that access 24 7 outside the classroom as well . These are tough political lee yeah. I was scott and economic questions. Lee i was just gonna say, you knowow, that takes money. Scott it does. Lee that takes resources. So, where do you get that . And that also then takes agreement on the part of local, state, federal government. Scott absolutely. And thats where, you know, these policy discussions, uh. Come in. We, as a nation, need to decide if thats important. And if it is important, to what extent can we afford that . Lee thats right. Thats right. Steve, let me you ask you the same question. You know, when it comes to fundamentals, we are talking about infrastructure issues, too. Im sure in africa, thats probably even a bigger issue in many ways. Steve it definitely is, yes. And, you know, there arethere are innovative ways to get around that. Theres a great project in south africa a where weweve implementednot we, i mean, the project has implementeddwith 26 schools n a deep, rural area, a tablet were allowed. Those schools dont even have electricity, some of them. They certainly dont have Internet Connectivity. But theyve put down local servers with local content and created local networks so o at those s schools can talk to each other and at least begin to create content and access that local content thats been produced there. Were also doingpearson is doing a project with one of the departments of education at also very rural schools, but there, we are working with an infrastructure partner to get connectivity to those e schools for their learning Management System in those tablets. So, i think its reallyits about partnerships. And as scott said, its really about policy. Lee right. Right. Steve, can you give me ana specific example of maybe a student or a school that has been positivepositivelympacacted by the use of mobile learning technology . Steve sure. You know, ill give you a personal exaxample. The project that you mentioned earlier where there are the mobiles for literacy, we really wantnted to publish short storis and poems and even classic literature like macbeth and make those available on mobile phones, knowing that books are very rare and very expensiveprinted books in manyin many countries including south africa. And i received an email from a teacher to say, you know, thank goodness that you put macbeth on these phones because our kidsour kids are studying macbeth this year and they dont have the textbooks. You know, they dont have enough to go around, and so they could access the, you know, those books in digital format. Lee thats great. Steve now, that was a good few years ago. You know, now were working closely with the government. Obviously, pearson has a strong publisher history. And so were working with the government to get tablets out there, to o t ebooks,s, you knknow, onto tablets, and to try and kind of complement the print and digital. And i thinkyou know, i dont think we alwlways need to haveve an either or scenario. Sometimes, print and paper is great, sometimes digital and mobile is grgreat. Lee all right. Steve and wewe can kind of leverage the best of both worlds in different scenarios. Lee totallyly agree with you, steve. Well, scott, i know here, one of youour programs is s using minecraft, the videogame scott yeah. Lee to teach students about coding. Scott uhhmm. Yes. Lee and, again, i have to be that cynic thats like, wait a minute. Well, youre talking about videogames with kids. Are they gonna really focus on learning something . Especially something as advanced as coding, but how is that working out . Scott so, its great. This is a kind of a mediumsized district in San Diego County and the district really has set up one particular campus called a coding campus. The kids come in during school, before school, after school, and through the use of minecraft, are learning to code computer language. Lee wow. Scott theyre learning about Spatial Relationships on a commutercomputer. So, its a way to attract these kids lee yeah. Scott to learn coding, math, scienceall of the things that we want to teach. The only difference here, may, is were delivering content through a mobile device. Lee right. Scott where, as we said, sometimes, yes, print is good, but as we move further down this roroad, kids are devououring cot through a device. Lee thats all scott and we have to realize that. Lee thats so commonplace. I mean, that is what feels natural to them, which is pretty incredible. Scott right. Lee final question to you both, and well start with you, scott. Scott ok. Lee how do you see mobile technology developing in the next 10 years . I mean, what do youif you look down the road 10 years ahead, what do you think were gonna see . Scott well, i think were already seeing it. So, across this country, School Districts are passing policies that says, we are no longer buying textbooks. Lee yeah. Scott all of our content is gonna be delivered to our students through their devices. Lee device, yup. Scott right, its justitswere gonna continue on that road. I think teachers are gonna get much, much b bettr at teaching that way. So, whereas before, a teacher stood before a class, 25 students in rows lee uhhmm. With a chalkboard. Scott with a chalkboard. Thats changing. Theyre putting students in groups. Theyre moving around. Theyre letting kids work as teams on projects. The kids use all sorts of sources for their information, not a textbook. Lee right. Scott but can go anywhere, anytime, anyplace. Lee its amazing, isnt it, how far weve come in just like a couple decades . And, steve, im gonna ask you the same thing. When you look down the road 10 years ahead, what are you gonna see, especially where you are in africa . Steve well, you know, ii i he that we go the same route asas scott just described. And i would really l like to see mobile learning becoming much more personalized and learning systems becoming much more adaptive. And i think that mobile i is so personal inin so many ways. Its so intimate because you take it around with you not just at school, but at home. That if you could get a truly personalized learning systems, an Adaptive Systems 10 years from now, your educational experience would be much moremuch richer, and i think much more effective. Lee yeah. Well, lets hope so. But i think were on the right track. As long as kids are learning, thats a gogood thin, right . So, gentlemen, thank you to you both for being here. It was a great conversation. Scott yeah. Great. Glad to be here. Lee all right. Ok. Well be right back with this weeks full frame closeup. You stay right there. The state of maine historically is known as a majority white state. But the states largest city, portland, is home to resettlement communities for families across the globe. As the citys demographics shift, one tiny nonprofit arts group is reaching out to help immigrant and refugee teens feel part of their wider community. 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Until this day, i could still feel the warmth of my grandparents tears on my face when they kissed my forehead for the last time. Those were my last moments in iraq, and that was the last time i everer got o see my grandparentnts. [woman crying] salim i was born in mosul, iraq, and i was raised there r most of my life. In 2008, we seek refuge in t turkey, and we began as refugees for the united natitions there,e, then came to portland, maine, in 2010. A a lot of the challenges that, um, i faced when i moved here was adapting culturally, and thatsobvbviously, like, that soundsds really cliche, but, u know, there is a lot that goes into it. When i was in 6th grade, i became labeled as a joke to my mainstream classmates due to my lack of confidence, my limited english vocabulary, and my newness to the country. In 8th grade, i had heard a lot about telling room, and i actually went on a field trip and i came here to this building. People from different ethnic backgrounds, people from different races, um, religions, and, you know, i realizezed that i wasnt the only one that had a story. Woman youve been working really hard for the last 8 weeks to get thehe storiesusust right, and you have one day, next thursday, to stand up in front of an audience of people you know and people you dont know to share that story with them. Sonya there will be tears or goose bumps from several audience membersrs, and i love that youre gonna get that feeling reciprocated back to you and know what that feels like to share that. Im so excited. Boy i wanna thank molly and sonya to give us opportunity to tell theour story to the people to giveto teach them our culture. Uh, we are ready. We can do it. Thank you. All yeah woman so, once we get the kids excited about telling a story and we start getting it out onto paper, then the mentors are asking them to consider how could you make this more vivid . Or how can you slow this down and reallyly bring your reader into this moment . What techniques do you have to use . Man so, i do a lot of work with actors on how w to present themselves and how to speak well. The idea is to make it sound as real and as true to yourselflf as you cacan and reay speak from the heart, and it willit will gogo well. Girl and this m moves right ovr here. Boy thats fine. Its double space. Girl so, thats gonna be the same page. Boy double space. Salim these stories have so much value, and giving the minorities a a voice in n the community, thats what the telling roroom is alall about. Woman oh boy hows it going . Good to see you. Molly hi, everybody. This is an amazing crowd. Thanknk you so much for coming today. Im Molly Haley Anand im so fortunate to be able to workrk with the 15 students in the Young Writers Leaders Program and coteach it with sonya here. Sonya hi. Im sonya. Im, like, forgetting my lines. This is so exciting to look out at you. For those of you that this is your first time to the program, it is our yearlong writing program open exclusively to international students. Molly it means so much to us and the students that you came out to support their voices and their storytelling today. Woman one of the basic human needs is to be able to tell your story and to comome to a c couny where you may not speak the language because you speak 3 others before you learn english. To have a place where you can be heard is about the greatest gift that a place to be listened to and to tell their stories. Please, welcome her, atani abdullahi. [applause] atani i am a strong young lady who loves to be with people and who knows one day she will achieve her dreams. Boy but, son, learn before s too latete and rigight before yu make misistakes and acactually prevent them from happening. Girl and i saw that she cared because i actually saw her smile. E. [applause] chris thihimentor mentetee relatitionship. [laughter] is very tricky, you u know, like, it getets stood onon its head evevery time. I i mean, jut whwho is doingng the teachching . Soso, thank you for all that youve taught me. Boy buildings fall down. Blood street is bleeding. I combat in my heaven. [indistinct] girl i see my mother baking bread under the. Salim having a program like this can be very, very effective to teach others about, you know, where we come from, why are we here, why didnt we end up in other places, and what choices did d we have toto make endnd p here. I lived inside a category for years, but i wanted to be more than just a category. I did not want to be known as the immigrant kid. I did not want to be known as the iraqi kid. I did not want to be known as that kid who doesnt know whats said to him half the time because english wasnt his primary language, because that kid has a name. His name is salim aman salim, so i took a risk. I took the risk of stepping out of my comfort zone and exploring whats outside e y circle. Taking risks has brought me from mosul, iraq to portland, maine. It has brought me from being a joke in middle school to getting elected as school president. Boy salim [boy talking indistinctly] ok, salim salim the advice i would give to a new immigrant thats living here is definitely dont be afraidid to explore. The opportunities wont come to you. You have to go looking for them and one thing will lead you to another. And eventually youll Start Building your life here, but it takes time, and it takes a lot of effort at the beginning. Lee and thats it for this week. Join the conversation with us on social media. We are cctv america on twitter, facecebook, and youtube. And now you can watch full frame on our new mobile app available worldwide on any smartphone for free. Get the latest News Headlines and connect to us on facebook, twitter, youtube, and weibo. 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